Painting by Gail Jacobson
I painted this in five hours when my daughter was a baby and had little time to paint with three children. Learning the Old masters techniques has been my goal for along time. I love the way your courses are taught. …
I put the arts on hold until my children were grown up…
Paintings by Melanie Grace
My name is Melanie Grace I have always been drawn to the arts throughout my life.
When I was 8 years old I used to design and sew my own teddy bears.
My favourite subject in school was Art and I always got top marks in it however my environment that I grew up in was very dysfunctional and I was very neglected as a child.
My life went the wrong way for many years with drugs and alcohol u til I got help and that is when I got back into the arts. I took a paper mache’ class and my teacher encouraged me to show my work and I won 2 People’s Choice Awards at my local Gallery. …
Help me paint my masterpiece
Artwork by Brodie Wilson
Hi, I’m Brodie. I’m a 19 year old aspiring painter. I’m entirety self taught and have had no formal training in painting at all.
Art is the most important thing in my life and it has been for as long as I can remember really.
My greatest ambition is simply to be able to say that I’ve created something that can be called a “masterpiece”; I want to be able to compete with the greatest painters of the history of art.
I think the Old Masters Academy Course offers a great service to those who are seeking a way to make art that just isn’t taught anymore. They offer help and advice and tutoring on the methods of the greatest painters who have lived and many people have highly regarded them for their efforts in this. …
I’m going to paint until the end of my life
Paintings by Jurandir Alves de Oliveira
I’m 55 years old Brazilian painter. I start painting around my 40. My artistic challenges: to paint until the end of my life.
Old masters academy is a very interesting course and I would like to win it.
The people have to vote for me because I’m going to paint until I become 90 years old.
My goal is to have my work look as good as the masters
Paintings by Michael Barilla
I’m a self taught artist. I was raised in an Italian American Family in the lower east side of St. Paul Mn. I began my art journey at a very young age. I’ve always been drawn to the works of the classical painters of the past. From the European Masters, to American Painters.
Art has always been a strong passion of mine. I make it a point to paint every day, sometimes up to several hours at one sitting.
I’m always looking to better my technique and skill level with every painting. That’s part of the journey, exciting and daunting at the same time. My goal is to have my work look as good as the masters. I know this could be an impossible task, but it’s what pushes me on ward. …
I would like to paint a portrait of my daughter in the style of the Old Masters…
I’m 65 years old as of this week and began seriously to study painting in 2014. Prior to that, I had taken a few art classes because it has been a life-long passion, but I last picked up my pencil in 1980. I had started working in pastel pencil and charcoal drawing portraits but in that season of my life, I became a new mother while advancing in my career, which required me to devote all my time and energy supporting our nation’s decision makers as an aerospace systems engineer. 31 years later, with a body depleted by a low immune system and a high-stress work environment, I had to retire early. …
… I once thought my style would be that of my favorite Impressionist artists, but find myself usually working more in the realistic realm. I’ve dabbled in abstract using some leftover paint in a casual way that leads me to see images and inspires the resulting painting. I paint what I see, literally.
I don’t use any standard processes other than that and a few guidelines I’ve learned doing my own research, such as the rule of thirds and grids. I often take photos and work with them in Power Point to see what I might paint. My work is largely self-taught, but I give God credit for any innate skill I may have.
I dream of having my own studio instead of the little sunroom off my kitchen and going on a sabbatical to some place where I find happiness (think beach) and where no family nor household distractions would interfere with my ability to devote days doing nothing but painting. …
