How to paint like the Old Masters using modern materials
Hey there, I am Govind and am from India. Up until now I have been a self taught artist.
I see and I try to draw or paint whatever I see. But most of my completed works are either not up to my expectations or are simply incomplete.
My favorite artist happens to be Renaissance painter Michelangelo. Such paintings are great source of inspiration to me. Being inspired is one thing, but not able to have great results is another. …
35 years ago I was a young aspiring artist. Life’s challenges got in the way and my passion for creating art was lost inside of me without a knowing of how to be released.
Over the last few years I attempted to create art in many different mediums. It was when I discovered oil painting that I felt as if I had come home. I can not describe the joy I feel when I am painting on a canvas with oil paints. The art is pouring out of me. All the years without creating seems to be coming out all at once.
I did attend art school for one year many, many years ago. Otherwise I am a self taught artist.
I want to improve upon my lighting and color mixing. …
I am a South African self-taught artist, who since childhood dreamed of becoming an artist. I stopped working full-time in 2006 in order to pursue this dream.
Art is my joy and life, art is also the way I can glorify my God.
I do struggle with applying the right colours, when should it be cool and when should it be warm. I do not have the financial means to take art lessons and learn as much as I can from Library Books and free on-line lessons. …
