How to paint like the Old Masters using modern materials
I want to devote my whole life to painting. I’m 30 years old. I have been engaging in drawing 6 years. Now, I’m looking for a way to improve my drawing and painting skills. In my country, I could not find the proper art tuition, but I am inspired by your courses.
I paint intuitively, as I do not have required knowledge in academic drawing. Without that knowledge it’s difficult to depict people properly. …
… After graduating from high school and in parallel with the children’s art school (music branch), I went to Turkey to study politics and international relations. While being there, I took painting lessons for about four semesters and found my real purpose in life. Graduated from Bosphorus University, I returned to my childhood dream: painting in color.
I developed my pencil drawing skills gradually, then tested different mediums, acrylics, sanguine, pastels, etc. I was always afraid of oil color because, I didn’t know how to handle it: how to make it thin, how to clean brushes and such. …
As a child, I spent part of my summers on the picnic table, drawing and painting with any supplies I could find. I used #2 pencils, crayons, cheap water colors of the type that came in those plastic containers with 6 or so colors, and the oil paints that came packaged in paint by numbers kits.
As an adult, I began to take an occaisional workshop or class through the local Student Art League, quite sporadically, over the next few decades….I have gone as long as 10 years without pickng up a brush….I am finally at a point in my life where I can finally dedicate time and effort to learn, improve and create art. I am most inspired by places, people, or things I have experienced and have recently painted some works en plein air. …
I’m Le Phung and I’m from Vietnam. Five years ago, I was a passionate graphic designer. I dreamed that I can make oil painting portraits of my father, my mother, and my daughter. But it was really hard because I’ve drawn on a computer.
A while ago I decided to pursue my childhood dream of painting in oil, but I did not know where to start. Fortunately, I have found online art courses – Web Art Academy and Drawing Academy where I can learn oil painting and drawing at home. These courses so much necessary knowledge about painting and drawing from basic to advanced levels, have easy to understand and follow video lessons and many bonuses.
These lessons helped me to improve my drawing and painting skills and understand art I love so much more deeply.
