Old Masters Academy

How to paint like the Old Masters using modern materials

self-taught artist

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We shouldn’t abandon what history can teach us

Artwork by Anya Grey

I’ve mostly been a self-taught artist until very recently and I’m currently looking for oil painting teachers and ateliers in real life and I would love to have access to all of Old Master Academy’s resources. I feel like I have come to a point in my journey where I need guidance to improve even further.

My biggest struggle when it comes to art is time. I constantly feel like I’m in a race against time, against myself. I go through stages of painting 8-10 hours a day, and then not even touching a pencil for weeks. I am trying to change this by giving myself a more rigid schedule. …

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I want to learn the best techniques in oil painting

Artwork by Connie Resch

I am a mom of two little girls and a self taught artist. I am finally now pursuing my true passion in art after many years of believing it was not a viable career option. I have been making art since I was a little girl and a secret dream of mine was to become a successful artist. However, I was too scared to go to art school and move in that direction. …

… I think the Old Masters Academy will give me the confidence to take my painting to the next level. I want my paintings to be my legacy and to last longer than me. I also want my art to sustain me financially in the future, and if I have learned the craft well enough I might want to teach others who are learning too! …

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Art saved my life

Artwork by Isha Greene

Creating art saved me from falling into depression. …

… To summarize – Art saved my life, my marriage and gave my children someone they could look up to for stepping out of my comfort zone and starting my art business (2019). A few pivots this past year, obviously, but my passion has remained firm. I have hundreds of started paintings and over a hundred finished paintings to one day open my own gallery/studio and help people going through their own struggles to find healing in art. My hope is that Old Masters Academy would train my skillset to take those unfinished paintings head-on and get them done in the more masterful way they deserve (I usually stopped because I felt out of my depth to complete them). …

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I am passionate about figurative painting

Artwork by Gonca Yengin

This is an artist who is passionate about figurative painting! I got an art education and later on, I continue as a self-taught artist to my journey.
Living with art & doing art is the way of an expression that I can’t live without! I tried hard but I need to have guidance to paint like old masters! I like to paint details using different materials, I’m seeking beauty and aesthetic in all my life! …

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I make sure to draw or paint daily to constantly keep improving my skills

Artwork by Nella Schirinzi

I’m a self taught artist with some higher education in Fine Art. I’m Italian & English and currently based in the UK. I work full time in Admin and spend most evenings painting.

Art has and has always had a large place in my life. From visiting museums and spending time trying to recreate old master paintings, I study and read about various art movements. I also find the history and narrative behind old painting very interesting as they add to the piece’s intrigue. I make sure to draw or paint daily to constantly keep improving my skills. …

… I’d love to be able to create pieces of Art to honour the Renaissance Masters and keep this style of Art alive.

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I consider myself a self-taught artist

Artwork by Alison de Sando

… My dream as an artist has always been to be able to attend an art academy outside my country, and to learn more about the techniques of the old masters, which have always been my greatest inspiration, but due to financial difficulties this was not possible, and the “old masters” academy “seems to me to be a great and would be online art academy, which comes to bring precisely the knowledge I always dreamed … the techniques of the old masters !!!!