Oil paint self portrait

John Larriva (American, b. 1981), oil on hardboard {figurative #expressionist art beautiful female blonde young woman face portrait cropped painting #loveart} larriva.blogspot.com

In a comment on one of my recent posts, someone used the phrase “art for profit” in an attempt to be negative. But rather than an insult, that’s a dream! I feel so incredibly lucky that my “work” is something I absolutely love—painting the fascinating, endless variety of human faces. And how great is it that something I love to create happens to be something that others value, too. As long as I can continue to elicit reactions like the one to this portrait—“omg, I freaking LOVE it!”—I’m…

Karen Offutt on Instagram: “A demo from my current portrait painting class through @atelierdojo with the lovely @mac_beth_jon posing! . . . . #onlineart…”

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"Bob" portrait painting demo. 12"x16", oil on canvas board.

Painting a self-portrait is both interesting and tricky. It’s not always easy to capture the likeness of yourself on canvas. But in the era of photography and selfies, self-portraits can show us much more than just how the artist looks. They can give us a hint at how the artist saw himself and the world around him at a given moment in time #portraitpainting #oilcanvaspainting #portraitoilpainting