Old Masters Academy

How to paint like the Old Masters using modern materials

classical art

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I live to draw and paint

Artwork by Jamie Malone

… I am a late-comer to portraiture and the figure, but I attend life drawing classes one night a week with the focal point of improving over time.

I am currently working on the difficult challenge of memorising the planes of the face and skull, and also bones and muscles, I know that your online academy has a great wealth of learned information on the best ways to approach such things, therefore, I know that I am seeking the right kind of help by visiting your site. I want to become fluent at constructing nature from life and memory (to aid imaginative creations). My ultimate goal is to recreate Greek mythological scenes in drawings and paintings.…

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I decided to start following my dreams – I started practicing drawing and painting

Artwork by Fabien Garcia

… That being said, during my childhood I kept earring there is no possibility of making a career out of art and that I should concentrate on other things.
Because of that I felt a bit lost growing up and I did not pursue art in a way I should have.

In 2016, I decided to start following my dreams I started practicing drawing and painting more seriously. I enrolled into an atelier style art school and I was that best thing I did. I have learned so much the past years but I have recently started oil painting and my mentor is not too interested in technical issues and classical art. In his opinion the artistic vision can overcome any technical issues. And this is were, even though I kind of agree with him, I feel today that I need to learn the old master’s basics and technics to be able to grow and become a better painter with less mental blocks and cleavages. …