Contemporary realism portrait painting by Zhaoming Wu
Contemporary realism portrait painting by Zhaoming Wu, as seen in his art video workshop, "Enchanting Portraits."

This is part of a series featuring a leading artist who is teaching others how to paint through online workshops at PaintTube.tv. Today’s painting of the week is by Zhaoming Wu, who recently released the eight-hour art video workshop, “Enchanting Portraits.”

Zhaoming’s quick tip for painting expressive portraits: Leave some of the canvas showing in the background to give some more feeling and energy to the whole piece.

Preview Zhaoming’s painting process here:

Contemporary realism figurative painting by Zhaoming Wu
Contemporary realism figurative painting by Zhaoming Wu

Get your copy of the art video workshop, “Enchanting Portraits” here.