Old Masters Academy ™ Reviews

The story of my life

My name is Frans A. Kamp, nearly 75, born and living in the Netherlands. I started to draw at 12, then paint in watercolors and at 17 also with oil painting, and now completely dedicated to the Old Master painting methods.

Before I enrolled in the Old Master Academy course, I graduated from the Web Art Academy and the Drawing Academy online art courses.

I was involved in the Nuclear Vessel Industry and later moved to Technical and General Management. At 47 I started my own Engineering and consultancy Bureau and retired at 65.

Regarding the the Old Masters Academy, I have learned a lot from this online art course.

I was familiar with the Old (Dutch) Masters, but never had the change to see their painting techniques in real life, so I found Old Masters Academy video lessons very educational and easy to follow.

Dorian Vincent Scotti

My very first painting caused quite a stir. Apparently it required a few hours work to clean off and resulted in my cradle being moved away from the walls of my first bedroom!

I was born in NYC, but grew up in Silvermine, CT, an artist’s enclave just outside New York. I have drawn and painted my entire life and began my college education as a fine arts major, but switched to graphic design after 2 years. I’ve been employed as a graphic designer for over 30 years and, while I have worked in almost every discipline in my industry, I have been primarily a publication art director. My work has won over 40 awards and been featured in numerous design publications…

The Old Masters Academy program took me back to basics and using the techniques of old masters, gave me a sounder grounding in process and confidence that when I start a painting I know how to take it where I want it to go.

My first painting in an international exhibition!

The painting of Alois has been the second oil painting I ever did. It took some time and a lot of tries to get the result as shown here.

But it works better from day to day. And I had (and have) a very good source of information – the “Old Masters Academy” Course!

In September 2017 I decided to send the painting “Alois” to Belfast and to apply for the 136th Annual Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts in the Royal Ulster Museum in Belfast. And the portrait has been selected from 1800 entries received from 930 artists!

I would like to thank you once again for this wonderful painting course and for the continuously great help with my questions.

It would not have worked without the “Old Masters Academy”!

I am now into the 28th lesson of the Old Masters Academy course. I am diligently following all of the instructions for the charts and the practice portrait.

I cannot tell you how thrilled I am with this course. And how much FUN I am having doing it.

I am like so many others I have read comments about, looking for a course that would take me through the way the Old Masters painted.

Your course is unique, not finding anything like it anywhere. I want to thank you so much for putting all of the effort into making this course so magnificent.

Malinda