Constable i think he is the best painter for realistic paintings, granted he mainly worked with landscapes but they look so real that i would want him References :
my art teacher’s husband, who is a doctor. even though he’s a doctor, he can really paint so much better than his wife, (art teacher). all my school mates will really agree to this. and Leonardo too. if possible, both of them. References :
jean dubuffet because he drew people based on their personalities rather than their looks and i’d rather be known for my personality of a good person rather than anything else References : Art History Class
Degas. He had the rare ability to produce not only a likeness capturing the living gesture of the subject, but also produce a painting which could stand on its own as a great work of art, reflecting something universal about being human, whether one was interested in the sitter or not. That is portraiture at its best. Cezanne could do it too, though he did it for landscape mostly, achieving something even Monet did not always achieve. And of course, there’s Goya – though I still think I’d prefer to be portrayed by Degas. References : Painting, and looking at paintings, and discussing them with painter friends, especially portrait painters.
On the other hand, Van Gogh and his unique style of spackling the thick pigment on the canvas gives a 3D feel to his paintings. Seeing one live, the paint literally stands an inch off of the canvas. I think it would be something different to have a portrait of yourself you literally want to reach out and touch.
January 30th, 2010 at 2:53 am
Constable i think he is the best painter for realistic paintings, granted he mainly worked with landscapes but they look so real that i would want him
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January 30th, 2010 at 3:22 am
Leonardo de Vinci.
He’s amazing. I would love for him to do a portrait of me.
Who would you choose? email me the answer
Maddie
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January 30th, 2010 at 3:55 am
leonardo da vinci
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January 30th, 2010 at 4:17 am
leonardo…. to catch my boyish good looks…
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January 30th, 2010 at 4:54 am
my friend, i bet she can paint even better than leonardo de vinci himself!!
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January 30th, 2010 at 5:02 am
the dead guy…… he costs less andprobably will paint better.
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January 30th, 2010 at 5:12 am
Raja Ravivarma
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January 30th, 2010 at 5:43 am
Ummm. well Bob Ross has always been one of my favorite painters but Im not sure he paints portraits of people.
I heard he died tho.
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January 30th, 2010 at 6:15 am
Leonardo da Vinci or Juan Luna
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January 30th, 2010 at 6:53 am
my art teacher’s husband, who is a doctor. even though he’s a doctor, he can really paint so much better than his wife, (art teacher). all my school mates will really agree to this. and Leonardo too. if possible, both of them.
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January 30th, 2010 at 6:59 am
jean dubuffet because he drew people based on their personalities rather than their looks and i’d rather be known for my personality of a good person rather than anything else
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Art History Class
January 30th, 2010 at 7:21 am
Degas. He had the rare ability to produce not only a likeness capturing the living gesture of the subject, but also produce a painting which could stand on its own as a great work of art, reflecting something universal about being human, whether one was interested in the sitter or not. That is portraiture at its best. Cezanne could do it too, though he did it for landscape mostly, achieving something even Monet did not always achieve. And of course, there’s Goya – though I still think I’d prefer to be portrayed by Degas.
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Painting, and looking at paintings, and discussing them with painter friends, especially portrait painters.
January 30th, 2010 at 8:08 am
Veermer
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January 30th, 2010 at 8:32 am
For me it’s a toss up between Johannes Vermeer and Vincent Van Gogh.
Vermeer and his technique of layering the pigment made for portraits with incredible depth. His shading and use of light was also extraordinary.
http://essentialvermeer.20m.com/catalogue/girl_with_a_pearl_earring.htm
On the other hand, Van Gogh and his unique style of spackling the thick pigment on the canvas gives a 3D feel to his paintings. Seeing one live, the paint literally stands an inch off of the canvas. I think it would be something different to have a portrait of yourself you literally want to reach out and touch.
http://www.artfund.org/artwork/4060/portrait-of-alexander-reid
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January 30th, 2010 at 8:52 am
Rolf Harris
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January 30th, 2010 at 9:23 am
Salvador Dali. I think it would look pretty interesting.
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