Old Masters Academy review by V. Salonen

The Old Masters course has helped me tremendously

Hi,

I always thought that to draw you have to be an artist, and for me, as an IT support engineer, there is nothing to do with a pencil apart from making notes. I become an IT support engineer because it was my parents’ wish. I could not have my own opinion on this subject because as they put it, I was “too young to know for sure what is good for me and what is not.”

My greatest hope is to become a self-sufficient artist. I’m twenty-eight, and I have calculated that I need at least three years of painting and preparing a strong portfolio of artworks to change my current profession for my dream occupation—to be an independent artist, specifically a portrait painter. Unfortunately, I do not have any “before” artworks to showcase as I just started.

The Old Masters course has helped me tremendously. I look at my first painting and can’t forgive myself that I hadn’t started your course in 2017, when I first subscribed to your mailing list. I was full of doubts and skepticism about my abilities and convinced that I lack any artistic talents.

I adore Vermeer and I want to make original artworks in the Old Masters style. My first painting is of my beloved fiancé in the style of Vermeer. Thank you, Nora, for supporting me in my decision to start painting, and of course I would like to thank the Old Masters Academy tutors for their feedback and valuable advice.

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