Reflective surfaces art

Vienna, Austria based artist Martin C. Herbst embraces distortion in his paintings, spanning from flat, wavy, and convex surfaces to the rounded shapes of stainless steel spheres. In his ongoing series on folded aluminum, Herbst presents classical portraiture in a new and unconventional way. This body of work is in part inspired by Mannerism, specifically the work of Mannerist painter Parmigianino, whose style emphasized elongated proportions and highly stylized poses with no clear…

Do you believe that to be a good artist, you need to be a good observer too? On the other hand, do you think art and artistic ideas flow from the creative

"Merry and Bright" 8 x 8 inches, oil on canvas Sold I'm just a little bit late for Christmas with this one, but hey - your tree is still up, right? I figured I had until New Years before this would be really inappropriate. And I didn't want to miss my annual opportunity to pull out the fun paint tubes - Pthalo Turquoise, Quinacridone Rose.... I say it a LOT: you can create the illusion of almost any color using a limited palette. Case in point: the golden egg yolks seen here, painted using…

8x8" oil on masonite - sold

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James Lloyd, Portrait Painter

Reply and learning time! :) I got a question how to learn shading . I think some of You like to learn more about this topic. I will write down what is my approach to shading. Remember this picture....

#photography #spoon #reflection #shadows

Assignment Draw your face reflected in a spoon or other curved metal object Add a range of values from light to dark Give it your own style Focus on the face, not background scenery Draw Big - the...