Realistic paintings

Learn how to create more realistic paintings with these (actionable) realism painting tips, that you can begin applying to your own paintings right away!

Hyperrealistic painting by Leng Jun // contemporary painting

Large selection acrylic painting, oil painting, small painting

At first glance, these beautiful still life images seem like photographs. In reality, they are actually hyperrealistic paintings by artist Jason de Graaf.

Painting skin tones in oil paint can be challenging, especially for beginners, but it can also be a very rewarding process. In this article,

Learn to paint different skin tones with just three different colors! Check out the step by step instructions with example paintings.

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

Discover the key role color temperature plays in painting skin tones that have a realistic 'life' to them. Along with how to start mixing skin tone colors!

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…

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