Oil painting portrait

I found this great image online. you could just sense the paints thickness, he preached to let the paint retain the tracks of the brush. i have a little suspicion that as much as he squinted he would also blurred his vision with eyes wide open in order to eliminate the number of planes and detail, in order to see color mass and color variations. This is why i think he was among the greatest to capture flesh tones because he then was more able to see color by itself instead of color as the…

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

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

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michael malm art - backlit idea May 2019

I dont care much for the painting subject itself but that is the style I am trying to recreate

The tight cropping and close focus on the face gives this portrait study of a young man a contemporary feeling. I like the intense immediacy of this close observation and the insouciance in his glance. I love painting portraits that give a vivid sense of an individual while conveying a mysterious, unknowable quality. This is a print of my original painting "Over the Shoulder Glance" which was created in 2019 in oil on canvas. The original painting has been sold. There is a slight luster to…

This is a print of my original painting which was created in oil on canvas. The original painting has been sold. There is a slight luster to the surface of the print which resembles the sheen of my oil paintings. This print is made to order. In this painting a dark haired woman in a satin gown of pale celery green sits on a gilt chair in a room of deep blue. There is a luxurious yet understated elegance in this portrait. I was inspired by James McNeil Whistler's Peacock room (one of my…