From pediatric dentist to artist
Painting is life to me.
I retired from dentistry to take care of my husband.
To manage stress I discovered I was able to paint.
I took the web art academy classes for oil portrait and loved it. …
How to paint like the Old Masters using modern materials
Painting is life to me.
I retired from dentistry to take care of my husband.
To manage stress I discovered I was able to paint.
I took the web art academy classes for oil portrait and loved it. …
My name is Samuel Antonio Maita (nicknamed Sam Pako). I am a 23-year-old artist on the rise, from Venezuela living in the United States.
I’m primarily self-taught in drawing, painting and photography from a very young age. I came across the Web Art Academy Course when it was first announced. From then on, I take the lessons slowly to learn all I can from them, for I am committed to progress my craft and my living as an artist.
Ever since I was a young boy, the artworks that fascinated me the most were the classics, especially works by the Italian maestro Leonardo da Vinci; I have learned a great deal from looking at his drawings.
Now that I have been taken up painting, I’m now interested in his work in oils. I’m now open to the teachings of other masters as well, masters like Rembrandt that soon grabbed my attention. …
My name is Timea, I am 33 years old, and I’m fascinated by art since I was a 3 years old girl.
My grandmother allowed me to draw the inside of her furniture door, she always smiled, and told “I hope you will be a great artist like the Old Masters who painted the most beautiful wall murals in the Churches“. And now, her dream is my dream, and I want to make her proud of me, even if She is in the Heaven.
The Old Master Academy is the best course to learn what my professors did not teach me at the University. I finished also the Web Art Acdemy course – my father bought it for me, and there I learned so much precious techniques.
I can’t imagine my life without painting. …
I am Istok Emoke, I was born in 9 october 1982.
I finished Art high school in Szekelyudbarhely.
I am a mother of 3 children, I am married.
I live in Transylvania, in a little town, where I have my own art studio. …
I have always loved to draw sketches and paint. I have never had any formal training except for some pointers by a wonderful artist and art teacher who now lives in Australia.
My passion was always to try and replicate from the paintings of old masters like Greuze, Ruben and other wonderful artists of their time. Here I am sharing one of such efforts which is proof of my desire to paint like these great artists.
Having had this dream for doing more in this field I somehow remained engaged in several left-brained activities like having a full time job and several social sector initiatives in my country i.e Pakistan, hence couldn’t do what I always wanted to do, i.e. Paint! …
I am a retired engineer who had a hidden interest in art and can now let it come to the fore.
I paint in oils several times per week and try to improve my ability. Being rather conservative, I appreciate the art of the old masters particularly Vermeer whose paintings I love to copy. …