Portrait artist

Take a look at Leicester artist Paul Wright's own favourite selection of paintings.

The ultimate selfie...

Ben Lustenhouwer shows his portrait painting techniques, using some basics that are really important to a good portrait in oil.

“can we please show some appreciation for Alexis Franklin, a 23 year old, black female artist?”

About The Artwork When I am walking around in the nature, by investigating my path and my creativity, there is suddenly a spark that catches my eyes, that I can reflect to its shapes, texture, and colors. this starts a creative process in me. Then I will search for a female figure with a unique mysterious look, which can be best for me to draw and to paint, so all together can be reflect out of this process. After the digital process I start a process that is more traditional, by using…

Stage 1 - Reference The whole process begins with a reference photo. I usually offer to meet a client at their own home, which I find puts them more at

Liz Y Ahmet is a UK-based, self-taught artist who creates portraits of women from hundreds of scribbled lines. What looks chaotic and even a little bit messy at first glance, with the talented hands and creative mind of this contemporary artist, emerges into perfectly detailed, expressive, and dynamic portraits. It's amazing how looping and scattered lines we used to draw as children can convey such strong emotions.

Silvio Porzionato is a italian figurative painter who prefers to work on large scale canvases in oil and acrylic. His paintings are personal reflections on men and women, and inevitably, the flow of time. He often bases his portraits on photographs of himself and his friends. Reminiscent in turns of the portraiture painter Chuck Close, Silvio’s photorealistic portraits are expressive in colorful and black-and-white palettes. Silvio started exhibiting in 2007 when he was selected for the…

Jenny Saville speaks with Nicholas Cullinan, the director of the National Portrait Gallery, London, about her latest self-portrait, her studio practice, and the historical painters to whom she continually returns.

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…