Realistic Painting & Auto-Pilot Impressionism | Liron’s Podcast Episode 96

Why do I want to experiment with realistic painting? How will it benefit my impressionism?

This is some of what I talk about in today’s podcast episode.

Realistic Painting for Better Impressionism

Lately I’ve been feeling like my impressionism has a couple of weaknesses. Mainly – I sometimes go into “auto-pilot” mode when painting.

And so, I decided to try and mix up some realistic painting into my routine. I believe this will help me further develop my accuracy and observation skills.

I hope this will allow me to better read the reference, and CHOOSE when to simplify and change, rather than “do what I already know”.

By the way – here’s my first attempt art cranking up the realism. A self-portrait based on a pic I took in the mirror, haha!

Tips for Realistic Painting

I also provide a few tips for tackling painting more realistically. Here is the gist of it:

  1. PATIENCE. I cannot stress that enough. That’s, funny enough, the most important component in realistic painting.
  2. Working in sections. In other words, focusing on small areas at any given time, and trying to get them to look as close to the reference as possible.
  3. Working from black and white photo reference! This makes things SO MUCH EASIER.

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