Art Competition Archive

Painting from Anet Louw

To live a childhood dream

I am a South African self-taught artist, who since childhood dreamed of becoming an artist. I stopped working full-time in 2006 in order to pursue this dream.

Art is my joy and life, art is also the way I can glorify my God.

I do struggle with applying the right colours, when should it be cool and when should it be warm. I do not have the financial means to take art lessons and learn as much as I can from Library Books and free on-line lessons. …

Painting by Elena Kolmakova

I definitely can say, that art is my life

My name is Elena, and I’m from Moscow. My way to the art was very long. When I was a children, I liked to draw very much. And in school and then in the university I was drawing from time to time. But it was never serious, just for having pleasant time.

Though at the beginning I sold two of my works. Then almost 10 years I didn’t draw at all. And in 2011, when my baby had near 2 years, I found an art-studio and met a wonderful teacher Nikolai Pavlov, who taught me painting and the basics of academic drawing.

I studied there for several years, and around 2015 I began to try to sell my works through the Internet. Several times I wanted to quit it, but I did’t. I lasted thanks to the support of my beloved one, whose name is Wojtek. And now I alredy have several clients, who order paintings from time to time. And always come new clients. …

Drawing by Henk Cramer

I’m an autodidact in art

I’m an autodidact in art!
Once in a while I have a paid assignment. Until now I have little time for my creative talents in terms of painting and drawing to exploit and demonstrate. …

Paintings by Aaron Cristofaro

I really like to draw and paint

My name is Aaron I have been drawing and painting since I was around ten. I like to paint landscapes in oil and I’m starting portraits art take a huge place in my life as I paint and draw throughout the day. I try to capture feeling and emotions on canvas.

I think the Old Master Academy is great because it can teach you how to paint the way the old masters did with modern materials. …

Artwork by Sam

Hoping for the best

Hey! It’s Sam here.

I love traditional art in all its forms. I want to become a well-established fine artist and progress under the mentorship of Vladimir London and Natalie Richy.

I need your votes and support to achieve this dream of mine.

Painting by Pushpalatha Kollappa

Reflection

I’m interested in oil painting.

When I saw the Old Masters Academy website I instantly understood that it is one of the best oil painting courses available on the Internet as it offers the authentic ways of how to paint in oils.

This educational resource is packed with helpful information and that is why I would like to study in this Academy. I have so much to learn about art and oil painting in particular. …

Paintings by Ageliki

Art, as much as every kind of knowledge, is an internal and eternal processing…

As far as I remember, I loved to paint. Figures and portraits mostly and sometimes landscapes. Art was not a way to earn a living according to my family though, so I followed totally different paths. I studied Education and Sociology, had a family, moved a lot through Greece.

9 years ago I settled down to a beautiful small town by the sea, at western Greece. Here I decided to start painting, since I never gave up my dream all these years. Having no teachers at all troubled me a lot. For example I didn’t know there was such a thing as “medium” to help me apply my thick Titanium white on canvas! …

Painting by Alina Sandra

Art inspires our Soul

My name is Sandra Alina, I`m an art lover and I think that art expresses our inner reality. For as long as I can remember I have had a pencil in my hand. I spent part of my childhood in a rural area of Romania. There was no art teacher or art classes at that time. I have developed my drawing skills by myself and I have created my own world by drawing and painting every time I could. But I never found such good information and instruction before. …