formarsi da autodidatta

English translation: I taught myself to paint

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Italian term or phrase:	formarsi da autodidatta
English translation:	I taught myself to paint

12:58 Jan 13, 2019

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General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters / Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting

Italian term or phrase: formarsi da autodidatta

Dipingo da più di 30 anni; quanto ero giovanissima mi sono formata artisticamente da autodidatta.

I paint since more than 30 years; when I was very young I (trained as a self-taught artist?= I found this terms...).

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Local time: 19:59

I taught myself to paint

Explanation:
"I taught myself to paint when I was very young."

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Fiona Grace Peterson
Italy
Local time: 19:59

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5 +5

I taught myself to paint

Fiona Grace Peterson

I am a self-taught artist since I was very young

Maria Burnett

To be self-taught

Alex Grimaldi

Discussion entries: 1

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17 mins confidence:

To be self-taught

Explanation:
Just an idea for translating your sentence:

I have been a self-taught artist since a young age and have been a painter for more than 30 years.

Alex Grimaldi
France
Local time: 19:59
Works in field
Native speaker of:

French,

Italian

6 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

I taught myself to paint

Fiona Grace Peterson
Italy
Local time: 19:59
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 143

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Notes to answerer

Asker: I’m a painter since more than 30 years; when I was very young I taught myself to paint and then, I attended the school for emilian painters and free courses of the Academy of Bologna. Right?

1 hr confidence:

I am a self-taught artist since I was very young

Explanation:
just another way of saying this.

Maria Burnett
United States
Local time: 13:59
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Italian,

English

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