Portraits in oil
In my last post, I mentioned how interesting hands can be and how they can describe a person as much as a facial expression. In this post, I would like to show a few portraits I have done which can be found in some of my paintings.
I always try to emphasize lighting in my portraits, because I feel it makes them appear that much more real, especially if the light comes from the side. I like to paint people who are unaware they are being watched, at a moment they think they are alone and totally interiorized.
I love portraiture because it gives us the possibility to freeze, in time, in a very personal way, a moment in a person's life.
Here are a few examples:
The Portrait
BY DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI
This is her picture as she was:
It seems a thing to wonder on,
As though mine image in the glass
Should tarry when myself am gone.
I gaze until she seems to stir,—
Until mine eyes almost aver...
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My website: www.kathleenscarboro.fr
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wow, @kathleenscarboro, you're talented!!!
Thank you @efrat5843, so glad you like it.
Great paintings! You are so talented 👏
Mille mercis, @lindari!
I love rossetti, talented poet and artist! Your works always seem like a dream remembered, and I love that.
I am always remembering a lost paradise, like the Pre-Raphaelite painters. Maybe you are too!
woah! so beautiful & inspiring! thank you!;)
Thank you @astraeir, so glad you like it.
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