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How to Paint Realistic Portraits
Now you can easily learn to paint beautiful portraits and create gorgeous works of art that you can proudly display or sell.
Jewel: The Creative Process of Vincent Xeus
"'Jewel' allows the audience to look into my creative process and feel the movements in the painting as if the painting were evolving live," Vincent said. "Perhaps intuition from childhood calligraphy is also apparent in the brush strokes here."
Exploring Bodily Beauty Through Figurative Art
Working within the classical western tradition of figurative art, this artist's goal has been to explore and portray women's bodies and gestures from a 21st century point of view.
Painting Flowers, Blooms, and Blossoms
Kathy Anderson is known for her love of painting flowers. We asked her to share her inspiration for "Spring with Apple Blossoms."
So You Can Copy a Masterwork – Now What?
Copying what you see is the daily task of every atelier student. But what happens when this skill is acquired?
Why There Is No Substitute
On working in the traditional means of figurative painting in the 21st century.
Artist, Optimist, and also an HSP
"After I started my art journey, I was finally able to like all of these traits that made me who I am."
Narrative Art
What is narrative art? It's a genre in which the artist is telling a story, typically using figures (such as in David Tanner's paintings...
Art Versus Methodology
Christopher Benson shares an essay on danger of confusing the level of our craft with the quality of our art.
Thoughts on Sensuality in Art
Contemporary figurative artist Alan Feltus shares an essay on painting the nude female figure.