Expressive painting

Hashim Akib shows how to paint an expressive portrait in acrylic while still establishing a structure of the face

New York based artist Hope Gangloff paints expressive and visually striking portraits with emotional depth. First covered here, her portraits primarily depict family, friends and other artists in intimate, vaguely erotic and melancholy scenes. Gangloff has described her paintings as caricatures- rather than capturing her subjects' likeness, she focuses on their details separately and intensely, and exaggerates their features like hands and feet.

This painting in the style of Basquiat depicts a crocodile, showcasing the artist's signature bold and expressive brushstrokes.

Archan Nair is a self-taught visual artist and illustrator specializing in mixed media and digital art.

California-based artist Kai Samuels-Davis layers linear paint strokes and large washes of color to form shapes that are recognizable as faces, but without all of the visual information seen in traditional portraiture. The artist relies on the process to find the image, often starting with a sketch or a simple circle to build upon forContinue reading "Paint Smudges and Smears Form Abstract Portraits by Kai Samuels-Davis"

Painting of an extremely surprised man, styled after Caravaggio's old master Baroque oil paintings.

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