#realism painting

[pinkstarlightcomputer]

Massimo Villa Torre rossa e cavolaie oil on canvas 70x80cm

[churcvh]

“Chambered Nautilus” | “Maidenhair” | “Marriage” | “Christina’s World” (1948) | “Wind from the Sea” (1947) | “Day Dream” (1980) | paintings by American realism painter Andrew Wyeth (1917-2009)

[lalalychee]

into the velvet sky

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whew, this is my final painting of the year! i hope y'all like it! be sure to zoom in to see all those little details i worked so hard on!

[art-b-y-eden]

A realistic redraw of my man Izzy Hands (Hello Izzynation, how are we feeling) This took 9 hours, but I think it was very much worth it! Before you praise me too hard, I did just color pick and then put it in that spot. It's like painting by numbers but also having to design it.

I'm gonna be honest, I haven't seen the last episode since I watched it (twice) on That Faithful Thursday. But now that I'm finally done with this piece, I have time to rewatch the whole show! Which I will! When I've gathered my courage.

[genericpuff]

throwback to that time my art peaked at age 17/18 and then i proceeded to never draw anything like it again

[jerirose]

IT'S SEUNGMIN DAY!!!

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A digital realism painting of Kim Seungmin from Stray Kids. Seungmin is looking off to the left of the painting and is backlit by 3 bright ring lights. He is wearing a black fur coat and has his ears pierced twice on the ear shown, he wears a thick hoop and a stud, with an ear cuff accompanying them. His eye sparkles brightly in the light, as do the galaxy of small star freckles that pepper his cheeks. His dark hair is also backlit by the lights and has green highlights in some areas as well as a light streak from the ring light behind him. The background is dark and 'fireflies' glow and dance around him.

[brian-kenny]

I just finished my 4th flower still life painting (my largest yet) and here are the results! Swipe left for more details and some WIP shots. I started this series because I want to advance my skills of photo-realistic oil painting through the common practice of painting floral still lifes. Basics baby! Naturally, I wanted to avoid the more traditional route of rendering flowers in a vase on a table, with perhaps some fruit and dishes, so instead I've chose an approach that incorporates more unusual objects alongside the flowers that reflect a personal narrative, and a touch of the surreal and mysterious! Essentially, I want the viewer to see these bricolage paintings and absorb some clues about my personality, interests, and states of mind through the objects I include and how they're arranged.

Before any painting begins, I intentionally select relatable objects that are 'very me' or that I find exciting, and create a vignette together with flowers I've found locally. This is the fun, purely creative part. Once I've settled on 'a look' I really like, then I take a photo. From there, it's just a mostly architectural, comparative process of recreating the image on canvas in oil paint as accurately as possible. This challenging process feels like working through a puzzle. Along the way, I'll make further creative decisions to make the painting more beautiful or 'magical' than the photo itself. In this case, I changed the colors of the background (to black, with a tinge of brown) and one of the pillars (to neon pink!), removed the plastic armature supporting the spools of threads, and added a feather and a golden ring. Eventually, the painting will reach an ever higher level of detail and a feeling that it's 'finished' will start to emerge until I declare it complete! It is tedious, but It's also fun, and challenging and I just f**king love it!

Anyway, thanks for reading, I hope you have a lovely week and I can't wait to paint and share more! 🫶❤️

“Motley Cruising”(2023), oil on canvas, 24 x 30 inches, by #BrianKenny

[journalette]

La Parisienne (1900), Ramón Casas.

[fluffytofy]

FINISHED :)

[chantofthenightriver]

I’ve decided to try this platform as Instagram has become a place of censorship- especially for artists. If we can’t celebrate the human figure in art, in all its beauty and diversity, why fight the platform?

[syds-arts99]

My favorite women in music painting series ❤️

1st portrait: Rhianna

[mirriorball]

candles painted by leah gardner ✧∘⋆｡˚. 🕯️

[ems-art-box]

Sunset

[lalalychee]

scars on the sun

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new painting!! i hope y'all like it because whew i worked hard on it. please be sure to zoom in on all the lil details!

[garbagecherubzzz]

oh dolly my darling dolly

[pmamtraveller]

THE SNAKE CHARMER (1879) by JEAN-LÉON GÉRÔME

In the painting, we see a boy with a python in his arms while an old man is playing a recorder on his right. In the painting, the boy is naked except for the python, which is wrapped twice around his body and the boy holds its head high.

In the background, ten men in traditional tribal garb, carrying staffs and swords, sit on the floor in front of a stunning eastern tiled wall that glows in shades of aquamarine, aquamarine, cyan and turquoise.

Inspired by a visit to Constantinople, Arabic text can be seen along the top wall of the painting. Like most of the artist’s canvases, this one was a composite piece, made in his studio out of studies he completed abroad.

As a result, mistakes and ambiguities creep in. The tight, realistic style of Gérôme’s work creates an interesting narrative, but it has been widely criticized by modern critics. Some have called it a “sloppy imperialist view of ‘the East’”.