Old Masters Academy

How to paint like the Old Masters using modern materials

drawing and painting

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I WANT TO MAKE GREAT ART

Artwork by GEORGE H DALTON

I am 75 years old and have been interested in creating great art for most of my life. I was very interested in drawing and painting all the way thru high school and the first two years of college, but as with most people who have a passion – but not an overwhelming desire to follow that passion – life got in the way. I got married, had a daughter, had to make a living and provide for my family. I went to law school and after graduating and passing the bar I went to work as a Deputy District Attorney. As I got closer to retirement I started watching art shows on PBS and they rekindled my desire to create art. I just didn’t know how to go about it. …

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I dedicate myself to painting full-time

Artwork by Susan E Hoffman

A biologist, a lawyer and an editor walk into an art studio …
I was each of those things before I could dedicate myself to painting full-time.

Like many artists, I was always drawing and painting as a child. But, like many, I was discouraged from expecting to take up art as a career. Although I studied art (along with biology) in college, my career path took me on a different journey. …

… People should vote for me if they want to support someone who is sincerely dedicated to improving my skills. I can infuse a painting with spirit, but need to improve my technical skills to create a credible likeness of an individual. I’m willing to work hard to reach that goal but need guidance to learn the path to that goal. …

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I took up drawing and painting daily

Artwork by Carollyne Sinclaire

As a child I loved to draw and paint, rushing home from school to watch The John Nagy Learn to Draw show. On Saturdays I attended a children’s class at the Vancouver School of Art but then, in my teens, my confidence eroded.

I have always been self-critical but I was also joined by an art teacher who did not encourage my efforts, telling me not to proceed in his “field”. I dropped it all, just like that. Over time, I would take a drawing class or a painting class and my enthusiasm would soar . . . and then land again. There seemed to be no purpose for my work. …

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Techniques of the old masters have guided my work for years

Artwork by Charles Daniels

I am a retired physicist. However, I have been drawing and painting since I was very young. At the present time I am enjoying pastel painting, Ling Nan Style Chinese Watercolors, and graphite drawings.

My greatest artistic challenge is to create artful and accurate portraits as well as lovely landscapes. To me the greatest challenge in any art project is composition. Almost everything else is secondary.

The techniques of the old masters have guided my work for years. Several years ago I studied, part time, with Myron Barnstone. I would love to continue to explore the techniques that he taught, which correspond to the approach taken by the Old Masters Academy. …

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Don’t waste your time!

Artwork by Raimonda Balandytė

Here I am. At the age of over 50 I decided to go back to drawing and painting…

Who am I? Officially a teacher of drawing!!! But… I had a dream to become a stage artist and participated in competition to become one. What did happen to me? My favorite artist in review of my paintings told me: “You can’t call this a painting, that is just soul disease.” …

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A reborn passion

Artwork by Leonard Nolan

… In the digital era the web offers and incredible platform for learning inexistent when I was at college and I’m sure even my instructors at the time didn’t have the skill base one encounters on the web.

Old Masters Academy course seams to offer exactly what I need to fill the gap where I lack knowledge and the prospect of entering the course is very rewarding. …