Before the invention of photography artists always had their subjects model for them in order to draw or paint their portraits. This practice is very deep in the tradition of portraiture. Of course, after photography became available artists’ options for creating portraits were expanded. This included using photography as the final medium, as well as […]
Photo to painting is not a recent practice. It has been in existence since the early 20th century when most world leaders and other prominent upper-class figures commissioned artists to paint their photos on canvas. The practice has gained popularity in recent times as a novel or trendy way of preserving family portraits and photos […]
Brendan Butler graduated from the Crawford College of Art & Design in 2001 and was the recipient of the Backwater Artist Bursary the same year. An active Artist ever since Butler has had solo exhibitions and participated in several group exhibitions.
Drawing in general entails four distinct elements: line, value, texture, and form. In the special case of pencil portrait drawing we can refine the list of elements to six: form, proportion, anatomy, texture, value, and planes. In this article we will give a detailed description of each of those pencil portrait drawing elements. (1) Form […]
Sealing and Varnishing Your Work You have two choices when you paint in watercolors on an alternate support such as clayboard or watercolor canvas: you can frame behind glass as with a traditional watercolor, taking the same precautions that the painting itself does not come into direct contact with the glass and that there is […]
Oil painting has been around for hundreds of years. In fact, the thirteenth century has brought us some oil painting art from England. This is where they used oil paintings for decoration. However, during those early years, many of the artists liked using paints that are known as tempera, instead of using oil paints. This […]
Acrylic paints first showed up on the market in the 1950s. This revolutionary new paint helped to bring about a new form of art. Acrylic art which could be produced at a much faster rate that artwork created with other types of paint. The acrylic art soon became a paint of choice for many artists, […]
Hand painted portraits have numerous advantages over the mass produced framed and matted prints that are usually done by the mechanical devices. The most popular kind of portrait is the canvas oil painting that obviously is more elegant and lovely compared to the common canvas prints. So let me explain to you further why availing […]
Still life portraits and paintings defined earlier art periods and provided us with an invaluable glimpse at historical life, as well as the psychology of its people at the time. However, the advancement of technology led to the widespread adaption of cameras, and as photography grew, people began to forgo the canvas in preference of […]
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When graffiti artists like Banksy came onto the scene of the art world, graffiti has become more widely recognized as a form or art and expression-although for many it is still merely nuisance vandalism. As with any form of art there will always be the critics who don’t understand it. But for many graffiti art […]
Painting Hair Painting portraits is a great hobby that gives both the artist and the model much pleasure. It is better for both however if the texture, color and flow of the hair closely matches the model. Follow these steps to obtain more realistic colors in your next portrait. Before painting hair, you should always […]
