Dark portrait painting

This painting has large brushstrokes and texture and has a warm undertone of reds and oranges creating a glow and a great contrast between the dark background.

An evocative oil study of a young woman. Oil on Canvas 39.4 W x 39.4 H x 0.8 D in realism, portrait art, realistic painting, contemporary realism, classical, dark art, latin american artist

Illustration,Krita

Mark Demsteader

portrait by Elena Sai on ArtStation.

Daniel Murtaghkate - Daniel Murtagh

I found this great image online. you could just sense the paints thickness, he preached to let the paint retain the tracks of the brush. i have a little suspicion that as much as he squinted he would also blurred his vision with eyes wide open in order to eliminate the number of planes and detail, in order to see color mass and color variations. This is why i think he was among the greatest to capture flesh tones because he then was more able to see color by itself instead of color as the…

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