Old Masters Academy

How to paint like the Old Masters using modern materials

Old Masters Academy

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… painting is all life learning , I love to paint !

Artwork by Flora

This fantastic online course complete and integrate the Webartacademy online course! Its a great , great work !!!! It will be so great to learn all this professional knowledge from the great teacher and painter Natalie Richie ! I am a student of her Webartacademy online course and Vladimir London’s Drawing Academy already !

I read the preview almost on all Old Masters Academy’s lesson now and I am amazed by the stunning amount of work and research ! Painting is a hard , hard serious work and a long time meditation. …

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I now have time to paint

Paintings by Sandra Bellestri

Medium, that is. Throughout my 64 years not only was I asked that question by almost everyone I know but I had to ask myself as well.
I’d love to think I’m fairly good at everything I’ve tried. Pottery, Acrylics, Watercolors, Sculpting, Fabric Manipulation, Colored Pencil. Oil Painting, however, still confounds me and also keeps me interested. I consider it a science actually.

I broke my arm last week but consider myself lucky in 2 ways. I broke my non dominant arm and I now have time to paint. I’m also finally choosing my medium of choice. Oils! I only hope no one pressures me to narrow down a subject matter. I enjoy painting Humans but I’m having a blast trying to paint seascapes at the moment. …

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Art is the Future

Paintings by Faith Alexander

Hello, my name is Faith Alexander and I’m 18 years old. Art honestly is my future and I don’t want to do anything else as a career.

Art has been in my life for 9 years total, I’ve been through the hobby stage of my art, now art is something I take seriously and to me that means being able to learn outside of my comfort zone.

My artistic challenges are properly executing techniques, color theory, and actually using a color scheme, and I take this as an opportunity to continue learning.

I want to learn from a teacher how to actually apply techniques, color theory, how to start and finish a painting like the old masters.

I was brainwashed by contemporary artist into having the “creativity doesn’t equal skill” mindset, when without skill I can’t execute what’s creative in my mind! …

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Story from Dwight Jeffreys, Old Masters Academy student

I try to paint and draw whenever I can

I work in the healthcare field that soaks up my time, but I love art and I try to paint and draw whenever I can.

Often, it’s a matter of priority and I just simply schedule the time to do it. Unfortunately, I have art ADD, so I tend to ping between different projects.

This year, I want to focus on developing watercolor techniques and also keep learning the art of the portrait…

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Old Masters Academy Review by Aileen Durkan

I am so excite about how much more I have to learn with Old Masters Academy!

I painted this piece in Feb 2016 after watching one of the Old Masters Academy free videos about using the grisaille technique.

I have recently joined the Old Masters Academy and even in just the first 10 videos I have learned so much. The simplest, but the most fundamental things about painting that seemed to evade me for the last 8 years!

I am so excite about how much more I have to learn with this course.
This is just the beginning. …

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Craving to learn

Oil Paintings by Mildred Yrlenia Lopez

Art is a universal language. That’s why I don’t feel inhibited in this environment.

My English is not the best but I do speak via art. I’m a 50 years old housewife, an empty nester that finds joy in painting. I love the old masters, I’m fascinated by their works and their lives, the circumstances that limited and challenge their art.

I’ve loved oil painting since I’m a little girl. When I was younger there was not any formal graduate level program in my country (Dominican Republic) so I’ve never had the chance to study formally.

I’ve had a couple of art teachers that thought me privately and I’m thankful to them for the opportunity of learning theory of colors, the use of brushes and other things in the relaxed environment of a house studio but I need more. There’s a lot to learn. …