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I want to learn how to paint

May 5, 2018 Leave a Comment

I want to learn how to paint

Paintings by Amanda Mae Delfs

My name is Amanda Delfs.
I grew up in a household that did not value art. I was told at a young age that I would be an engineer, scientist, or doctor, and that I had no choice in the matter. As a young girl I became in love with art, I loved to draw and color, and would very frequently write and illustrate my own books.

As I grew older my love of art only intensified as I found it a sanctuary from my anxiety, depression, and bullying at school. I found art had a soothing effect on me and I would just draw to escape the real world.

I want to learn how to oil paint

I was never allowed to take art classes and when it came time to go to college I enrolled as a student of chemistry. I got my bachelors in science, but the entire time I was at school I still tried to escape by drawing. Art means so much to me, I love the way I feel when I’m working on a piece, and I feel so accomplished after I finish something even when others might not see it as an accomplishment.

My artistic challenges have always been adding color to my drawings. I have a hard time visualizing the colors, highlights, lowlights, and blending them together to form a visually pleasing image. I would love to learn more about how to accomplish this task, and I believe that the old masters academy can teach me how.

I want to learn how to paint in oils

I’ve always admired the work of the old masters and marvelled at how they were able to paint such beautiful images! I would love to learn how they painted and blended their pieces so beautifully and realistically.

I think the Old Masters Academy course is a genius idea, because I love the old style of painting and would just like to focus on that aspect of art when moving forward in working on my painting skills. I would love to win the old masters course because I was never allowed to take art classes growing up, but now as an adult I believe that this is the time to do what I want to do. I want to learn how to paint, it is one of my life goals, and one that has eluded me in my childhood.

I believe that with proper training I might still be able to attain this goal. I would love for people to vote for me because of my passion and work ethic. I love art for so many reasons, its beauty, its feelings, its genius, but most of all I love it for the way it makes me feel safe and happy. I would love to continue learning more, and keep the feeling art gives me with me always.

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