Realistic paintings

Philipp Weber is a talented artist who paints realistic portraits of women in traditional magazine poses.

With their use of soft focus and reflected light, these artworks look like still-life photographs. In fact they are all painstakingly rendered with acrylic paints by Canadian artist Jason de Graaf.

Nope! These are not photographs! I was just as surprised to find out that these are actually incredibly realistic oil paintings done by 40-year-old Brazilian artist Fabiano Millani.

Beautiful paintings of roses and other flowers by Irish Artist Vincent Keeling Also limited edition prints

he skilled painter is very accomplished, but some of his best-known works are detailed oil paintings of women where everything is a perfect rendition of reality – down to the last wisp of hair.

“油絵描いてみたい”

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…

Happy Little Piglet. Animals and Other Realistic Pastel Drawings. Click the image, for more art from Julia M.

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