Women acrylic paintings series by Frank Wagtmans, 2007/2008: www.frankwagtmans.com
Duration : 0:1:50
Acrylic Portrait Paintings – Contemporary Art Painting
Indoor Portrait Lighting
Photographer James Barry explained who to get the best indoor lighting when taking a portrait picture.
Duration : 0:7:25
One Life: Echoes of Elvis, at National Portrait Gallery
“Echoes of Elvis,” a one-room exhibition by the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, opened on on January 8, 2010, marking the seventy-fifth anniversary of Elvis Presleys birth. View the exhibit online at: http://npg.si.edu/exhibit/elvis
Although Elvis died more than thirty years ago, the world remains fascinated with his image and music. His records have continued to sell by the millions and public interest in his music, career and life has yet to subside. During the last half century, Elvis became part of the country’s artistic discourse as well. Early in Elviss career, Andy Warhol illuminated the role he played in the new and youth-powered popular American culture; later, Ralph Wolfe Cowan, Red Grooms, and others created mythical, spiritual, and earthly images of the man whose legacy includes multiple superlative moments in music, entertainment, life, and afterlife. To this day, both the historical Elvis Presley and the fantasy-based vision of Elvis are the subject of poetry, literature, music, film, and the visual arts.
In this video, curator Warren Perry gives a short tour of the exhibit.
Duration : 0:7:32
The Portrait Painters
I was asked to pose for a portrait by two artists who I once shared a studio with in Jersey City, New Jersey. They now occupy a studio in Union City, where this video was recorded.
The music is Vivaldi’s “Trio Sonata for Two Violins and Continuo in A Major”
Duration : 0:2:17
Marilyn Horne interview, National Portrait Gallery
The Smithsonians National Portrait Gallery announced the acquisition of a painting of renowned opera mezzo-soprano Marilyn Horne by John Foote. Celebrated as one of the most remarkable voices of the twentieth century, Horne is donated the portrait to the museum. The portrait was installed in NPGs New Arrivals gallery on November 12, 2009.
I am grateful for the generosity of Ms. Horne—her portrait is a wonderful addition to our collection, said Brandon Fortune, the Portrait Gallerys curator of painting and sculpture. This painting serves as a biography of Ms. Horne and allows us to tell the story of American opera in the twentieth century.
Foote created the portrait in 1971 to honor Hornes debut at the Metropolitan Opera the previous year as Adalgisa in Bellinis Norma, one of her signature bel canto roles. The artist began the work with drawings and photos made while the singer was rehearsing at the Metropolitan Opera; the artist then finished it in his studio in Florence and shipped it to Washington, D.C. When asked how long it took to complete the work, Foote responded, forever. The painting was originally displayed in Portraits of the American Stage, 17711971, an exhibition the Portrait Gallery organized in recognition of the opening of the Kennedy Center in 1971.
For more, see the NPG’s blog at: http://face2face.si.edu/my_weblog/2009/11/portrait-of-marilyn-horne-donated-to-the-national-portrait-gallery.html
Duration : 0:10:14
Learn to Draw Portraits – Ep.2A Value & Contrast
Learn to draw Portrait Series
Episode 2 Part A
This episode covers value, contrast, and some optical illusions. You’ll be happy to know this is this last all talking episode with no doing.
Duration : 0:8:17
How to Paint an Alternative Portrait : How to Paint Skin Tones in a Portrait: Subject 1
Painting skin in a portrait requires painting the skin tones according to the subject. Learn how to paint skin tones in an alternative portrait in this free video.
Expert: Matt Cail
Contact: www.homepaintings.biz
Bio: Matt Cail is an artist who works in oil, water color and acrylic paints, among others.
Filmmaker: randy primm
Duration : 0:2:40
portrait sculpture (Philippe Faraut)
Philippe Faraut, French / American portrait sculptor
Philippe Faraut is a figurative artist specializing in life- size portrait sculptures and monumental stone sculptures.
His media of choise are water- based clay and marble.
As an award winning stone sculptor specializing in representational art, Philippe feels that the renewed interest and willingness of artists to return to the study of the human form has the potential to bring back to our society an appreciation for traditional beauty.
Philip Faraut received his degree in woodcarving and the construction of French fine furniture from Germain Sommellier in Annency, France, his boyhood home.
An avid traveller, Phillipe’s destinations have allowed him the opportunity to study the cultures of many countries in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Caribbean, thus influencing his work in portraiture sculpting.
Afther establishing residence in the Chesapeake Bay area of Virginia, he developed an interest in modeling the head in clay.
Soon thereafter, he relocated his studio to New York State and began teaching sculpting classes.
Philippe has created numerous original works ranging from six- inch porcelain figurines to monuments in both stone and bronze.
He has exhibited his sculptures in various galleries and national competitions including several of the national sculpture society’s annual exhibitions shown in New York city.
In addition, he has studied forensic reconstruction with internationally recognized expert Betty Pat Gatliff.
For over fifteen years Philippe has traveled trhoughout the United States and Canada, teaching sculptors and aspiring sculptors how to render portraits in clay at private studios and institutions such as the Longvieuw museum of fine art in Texas.
Together with his wife Charisse, the couple has made Philippe’s techniques available to students in the form of a three- part video series, in addition to step- by- step instructional sculpting books.
link to Phillippe Faraut http://philippefaraut.com/index.html
Music by Mussorgsky
“Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle”
Thanks to Philippe for the approval.
Duration : 0:2:40
Des Moines Iowa Executive portrait photographer, Photograph
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Artists Create Portraits Of Fallen Soldiers
A group of volunteers are using art as a way to comfort the families of soldiers who have died serving our country in Iraq and Afghanistan. KMBC’s Martin Augustine reports on the Grateful Hearts Project.
Duration : 0:2:26