How to paint like the Old Masters using modern materials
… However, university art programs are void of the art instruction that would elevate my art practice to the next level. I specifically and exclusively work with oils and I am missing the training that I very much long for. I will be turning 59 years old next week and have more enthusiasm for making art than ever before. With further tools and knowledge from Old Masters Academy, I believe I could create paintings at the level I believe I have the capability to produce. …
… I want to learn the technique and style of old masters in an authentic way. I find that I can learn in the comfort of my own home (if I’m willing to put serious effort in learning) what I couldn’t learn in an Art college. Guidance is precious and Old masters academy is providing the unique platform for artists who are willing to learn serious drawing skills that Renaissance masters had. …
Artwork by Lindsay-Vovette Simon I am an artist who is syruggling to get my ary work into galleries and also i feel like i cld use more guidence-the madters academy is an excellent way to learn how to fully paint pirtraits which is my main focus. – “I hope that peoole may wish to vote […]
Im an advertising graduate, and in the last year I have been trying to make a career change to something even more creative as illustration.
My biggest obstacle right now is that my painting needs a lot of improving; I actually need to start over.
One of my favorite courses was oil painting. I liked painting with oil because you can easily mend your mistakes and even start painting on the same canvas all over again.…
Still I believe that portrait painting in oils like old masters would be a wonderful challenge. …
… My artistic challenges are to learn how to paint realistically, but in a loose and imaginative manner. I adore the artwork of the male and female Old Masters. They were the pioneering trail blazers of art and made such innovative discoveries in art techniques. The way they painted takes my breath away! I want to learn about all their art techniques! I want to know about their colour theory, how they mixed colours effectively, their different layering techniques, and how they painted human skin, hair, clothing, animal fur, bird feathers, and water realistically using modern materials. I want to paint portraits, landscapes, still lifes, and paint images that I see in my imagination using the painting techniques of the Old Masters. …
