Have you seen passionate girls in beautiful erotic portrayals? The paintings you would have seen must have had sheer anatomical precision. Yes, today, we will explore figurative paintings.
Depending upon the painter’s choice and even the present day’s need for customization, figurative paintings usually have nudity or semi-nudity in its compass. Figurative Art do not only reveal the artist’s emotion; it verily reconstructs the entire range of his feelings on the canvas.
Sometimes, when we see the anatomical accuracy and perfection of contour, it is the edge of his/her heart that dances on the painting’s surface. Figurative paintings capture a subject’s anonymity by carefully handling the belief of a topic rather than individual interpretation.
The figurative paintings confront the entire scope of an individual. Emotionally and intelligently, it overhauls him towards a more massive perspective gathering and more excellent vision. Figurative paintings are usually created more for the sake of storing beauty than thinking of investments. Figurative art is tried in the oil medium as a general rule. Experimenting painters also try it on acrylic. Watercolors destroy its effect somewhat as it is impossible for all the contours of a body to be represented in this medium.
Further, the oil medium happily soaks bold and soft use of color. Figurative Art are best created on canvas. Canvases are generally made of linen or cotton. Cotton made from hard-duty fabric has always been the favorite, but at the same time, it is linen, which has cut the mustard of late. It is because linen does not stretch and holds the texture of canvas brilliantly.
So, how to go about it? Let’s explore.
Things to know before talking up Figurative Arts:
Skin is a multitude of colors: As mentioned above, figurative painting is an art that displays real-life figures. Living creatures have varying skin tones, and painting all in similar colors can make your picture look fake. Therefore, it’s crucial to dodge analyzing every skin tone as a single color as it makes the art disturbing. While creating a figurative design, it is vital to focus on small details as it represents living creatures. The art prints have various shades of being delicate, light, warm, dark, etc. To achieve practical goals, it is vital to use different shades for different color tones and painters to distinguish one color from another.
Get Skilled with shapes: Once the painter becomes skilled with the colors and shapes to be used, it is easy for them to bring results and even manage art prints correctly. It is essential to know the need for lightings in the drawing, how it casts a shadow, how secondary light can be created, etc. These are basics from real life that make you a better figurative painter. Get experienced with shapes before starting your figurative art journey.
Figurative Painting for Beginners:
- Figurative art is not all about nudity. Expressions, facial features, and minute details make the real difference in this art form.
- Always use the grid method and a pencil to create a line drawing of the facial features before taking it forward.
- Once you are satisfied with the outline and accuracy, delicately remove the grid lines with an eraser then draw the patterns of light and dark with a pencil.
- Once the design is ready, blend the tones smooth with a tortillion. Be sure to create the skin tones around the lips so that they look realistic.
- Use a kneaded eraser to lift the lower lip’s bright highlights to make them look shiny and moist.
- Repeat the same steps for body, clothes, and hair.
