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I paint and all my free time is painting

Artwork by Denise Bradshaw

I live in Dayton Nevada, in a rural area of the state about one hour from Reno. I started painting a year ago and love it. I have realized I need to learn how to draw to make a good painting even better. My art takes center stage because I have made it a big part of my life.

My artistic challenges are trying to draw to make the subject look real. Another challenge is to put in the time to practice drawing which I have not been doing. I paint and all my free time is painting. I know I have to maybe paint one day and draw another. I need to practice more.

I want to learn how to draw well. I look at some of the art web sites that I visit and these people can draw very well and I say to myself, if only I was that good. …

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Love the ways of the old masters

Paintings by Anna Festa

Hi, I’m Anna, I’ve been an artist for over 40 years. My schooling has been primarily commercial art, but have worked in almost all mediums. When I lived in West Palm Beach, Florida, they had a wonderful school that introduced me to painting in the style of the old masters, but took it only a few times because it was too expensive. That started a fire in me, that to this day have not been able to quench.

I moved to the west coast of Florida and have been uninspired. The courses here are juvenile, and have found the teachers here needed instruction themselves. That is when I decided to teach.

I find though that I need to be inspired again. …

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I’ve always wanted to be an artist but …

Paintings by Joy McMicken

I’ve always wanted to be an artist but, like many other kids, the one time I got to draw in school was third grade and I was told I cannot draw. I’ve always had an artist heart and a burning desire to draw and paint. So this was quite painful for me. I never believed in myself. It took a car accident and broken back to put me where I should be. After my doctor performed a miracle if use my back, he told me the only thing I could lift would be a pencil. Couldn’t read a book, couldn’t crochet, couldn’t tat, nothing but use a pencil. So I started drawing and studying drawing, which of course progressed into painting and I’m still studying both.

I paint and draw a lot, I have my own Plein Aire group. I take workshops, study, watch YouTube videos about painting and drawing, buy DVDs and books, go to Galleries and art shows, and practice practice practice. And I love every minute of it. Unfortunately I have to have a job, but painting and drawing are for most in my life and I enjoy it every opportunity I get. …

I would like to be one of the fine artist that represent our time period. …

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I now have time to paint

Paintings by Sandra Bellestri

Medium, that is. Throughout my 64 years not only was I asked that question by almost everyone I know but I had to ask myself as well.
I’d love to think I’m fairly good at everything I’ve tried. Pottery, Acrylics, Watercolors, Sculpting, Fabric Manipulation, Colored Pencil. Oil Painting, however, still confounds me and also keeps me interested. I consider it a science actually.

I broke my arm last week but consider myself lucky in 2 ways. I broke my non dominant arm and I now have time to paint. I’m also finally choosing my medium of choice. Oils! I only hope no one pressures me to narrow down a subject matter. I enjoy painting Humans but I’m having a blast trying to paint seascapes at the moment. …

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Visually impaired, but that won’t stop me to be fascinated by the Old Masters

Artwork by Anne

My name is Anne. I am nineteen years old and visually impaired. A couple of weeks ago, I visited a museum in the Netherlands with a group of other visually impaired young adults. We got a guided tour by a guide who took us straight to a Rembrandt painting. There, with the help of scent (linseed oil), touch (brushes) and storytelling she explained to us an entire Rembrandt painting.

I have been visually impaired for my whole life and yet at such a moment I always realise the enormous role art plays in my life. As a child I was fascinated by the Old Masters. The colours intrigued me and the compositions touched me. Ever since I have strived to learn how they did it. I am nineteen years old now and I want to learn how to paint like the Old Masters more than ever. I took my first baby steps, but I have a very long road to go and I need guidance. The Old Masters Academy course is just what I need. The demo videos already taught me so much and I am very eager to learn more. I was so surprised and enthusiastic to find this course online. …

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Pursuing art and never stop

Paintings by Yue Wang

I like doing art when I was young, I don’t remember for what reason I would like to join in an art class to learn professional art skills, but I do remember that I really admired my classmates who can drawing a 3D geometric shape with whole rendering. That was so cool to me at that time, so I told my parents I want to take an art class to learn drawing, then learning art has never stopped.

I like realistic artworks, like the old master’s painting. Rembrandt, Michelangelo, Vermeer and so on. My artistic challenges are mixing color and rendring method, like mixing a skin color that looks transpenrant and smoothly transfer to another color. Recent years, I’m learning the classical oil painting techniques, but I coulden’t find any comprehensive, detailed and understandable oil painting technique course. I bought the book, but it is hard to understand for some parts. Until I found several videos of OLD MASTER ACADEMY, which talk about the old master’s painting techniques and what oil paint they used, that really helpful to me as a self-learner.
I realize this is what I’m looking for. …