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This fellow uses the airbrush but had posted more than 20 videos on youtube that show the various steps.  These are some great lessons to learn.  For me the best part of the lesson was seeing the process of making the eyes look so wet and at the same time highly structured.

Another process clip showing the painting of the woman with an ice cube in her mouth.

He is French of course and also paints mainly with acrylics using an airbrush on canvas. I love the control he shows with the airbrush in the small details. The moistness of the lips, the wetness of an eyeball, even the warmth of skin are brought to life by this artist.

He was born in France in 1963.

Did his post high school studying in a mechanical engineering program.

Since 1989 has worked as an illustrating making various packaging designs.

I like to think of the artist as a modern day Vargas! I enjoy his paintings of the female form and the different textured he produces on each painting. He also paints quite large, many portraits having sizes around 50 inches.

Try a figure painting today!

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I enjoy this artist for his versatility. And although I LOVE acrylic paints, in fact I love all mediums for the reason they allow you to express your thoughts, I have listed artist who are hyper realistic in their painting. This artist has a looser, almost oil painting like quality. I read about him in a magazine around Christmas and sometimes he just paints with palette knives, no brushes at all.

He is most known for his cityscapes. If you visit his blog you can see that he lists work on the daily painters site. I found several very nice works for $135 with the cost of shipping included. The artist is a great also and painting dogs!

Flowers, dogs , and landscapes all are brought to life by the artist.

The artist was inspired by his grandma, who sometimes painted right along side him. That is what got me started into art, watching grandma paint and draw.

The artist was born in New Mexico and attended college at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado. He also took classes at the art students league.

He has won numerous awards and appeared in national art publications.

I enjoy the artist for the fact he isn’t afraid to paint any subject.  He works mainly in pastels and acrylics and has won awards for both. In many corporate and private collections!  If you are just starting an art collection this artist should be on top of your list!   For those artist struggling to add life to the still life, I have had so much trouble with this, take a lesson from this artist or Marc Dennis or Rachel Ruycsch and go ahead and add some bugs or insects to the work. Give it some life and movement!

Keep painting and learning! The journey is the fun of being an artist.

this is a really hot artist coming from Canada.  She has a great variety in her works, and her blog often has many smaller pieces for sale. Anything from small drawings and these wonderfully painted 6 by 6 inch paintings of people.  On the site she also has specials such as buy 2 get one 1 free. This artist has loads of talent, and becoming more of a businessperson all the time.

Some of her large figures are done acrylics on board and some are as large as 4 by 4 feet!

She was born and grew in Canada and obtained BFA in Canada as well. Has sold 2 works to Chicago collector Howard Tullman.

I enjoy this artist for her very contemporary settings that she places people in. I hope you visit her website and you can see the tremendous skill that goes into designing small works that 6 by 6 inches. The amount of detail seen in these works is extraordinary.A link to the artist’s website.

http://www.angelahardyart.com/

Below is a clip talking with the artist in Labrador West in Canada in 2010. The artist is from the area and interviews her prior to her workshop. She also mentions being sought after by Howard Tullman.

Another 2 and half minute clip featuring works by the artist set to music, no interviews.

if you read any of the monthly art magazines you might be familiar with this artist. She paints in acrylics on canvas. Painting one figure on each canvas and filling the rest of the space with delightful patterns and geometric shapes. From time to time instead of using a female figure she will use a hand.

The artist was born in 1976 in Lubbock, Texas.

BFA from University of Texas in Austin, 1998.

Has appeared in both American Art Collector and Southwest Art magazine.

If you like great figure work, check out the work of this artist!

Happy painting!

D

this artist is awesome! My favorite when it comes to depicting the female form with acrylics! He paints in oils as well, but only the last work shown here is an oil painting.  The rest are acrylic on wood.

The artist was born in 1957 in Madrid, Spain.

Of all the works made by the artist I enjoy the black and white nudes the most. Very sensual and the viewer is able to add colors as they like. Also interesting are the different twists of the body. If you enjoy this artists work you may also want to check out watercolor master Steve Hanks.

Also enjoyable as that the viewer can dwell only on one figure. There aren’t many emotions of different characters in his works, just a solitary figure.  The artist also is part of a dying breed of artists, one that uses the airbrush! Having used the airbrush myself, I am amazed at the control the artist used to depict his wonderful figures.

From my research it appears the artist is basically self taught. For me the artist, a successful artist be they in fine art or illustration are all self taught. You can’t just get art info in class, that might be where the seed is planted but an artist must keep reading of both past and current mediums and artists in order to always be growing.

Clip featuring the artist during 2009 show in New York City.

More artwork featuring the artist here.

If you haven’t tried an acrylic work, DO SO TODAY!

later,

D

This artist paints very large faces with acrylics on canvas. Sometimes  a side of his canvas may be upwards of 70 inches.   The artist is a leader in the Political Pop genre of painting. This movement speaks of the industrialization and westernization of the China. One of the artists in this movement said he noticed the connection between govt and big business many years ago whilst looking at a photo of peasant workers. They were relaxing enjoying a coca cola! A regular advertisement for the beverage company!

Such themes of Political Pop are sometimes pop icons like Michael Jackson, Andy Warhol, and even the Chairman Mao.

The artist was born in 1963 in China and still resides there. Not much info on the artist yet.  I will be writing about 50 acrylic artist in the next few posts. So many new artists out there challenging this exciting new medium!  Each of the works shown above are acrylics on canvas.

Keep experimenting!

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