Hyper realistic paintings

You know why art is so fascinating? We think it is due to the fact that though art borrows from reality, which is vast, it also relies on imagination, which has no limits. Add to

This image depicts a hyper-realistic upper body water nymph emerging from the water with fish and lily pads. The style is inspired by Annick Bouvattier's painting, and the aspect ratio is 4:5.

At first glance, these beautiful still life images seem like photographs. In reality, they are actually hyperrealistic paintings by artist Jason de Graaf.

Philipp Weber is a German artist who specializes in hyper-realistic paintings of women that you couldn't tell from a photograph at first glance.

Watercolor Art Gallery on Instagram: "This striking piece features a hyper-realistic portrait of a young woman, her gaze fixed upwards, seemingly deep in thought or contemplation. The added surreal element of crawling beetles on her face brings an eerie yet fascinating contrast, merging realism with the unsettling beauty of nature. The meticulous detailing in the beetles and the expressive emotion in the subject’s eyes show a masterful command of watercolor technique. This painting…

“To portray people and make others believe is the hardest thing.”

Since the ancient Greeks, realism has been aspired by Western art lovers, but during the late 1960s and '70s the popularity of highly-realistic drawings reached its peak. Thus, Photorealism and Hyperrealism were born. These perspective drawing genres are still popular, and some artists master their technique so successfully that it becomes hard to tell an oil painting or a pencil drawing from a photograph. Bored Panda collected some of the best examples of this cool art and made a stunning…