Welcome to The Portrait Place

The site has two areas.  This area is my exhibition space.  For artists and fine art enthusiasts the Artist's Area is a separate part of the site packed with useful information.

The Artist's Area

 
Those looking for technical portrait painting advice will find a large volume of structured guidance literature here. This includes pages entitled : Hue & the Colour Wheel, Tone Transparency & SaturationDarks to Whites, Contrast is King, Painting Skin Tone, Finding a Subject, Composition & Rhythm, Portrait Size, Working Conditions for Painting, Brushes Surfaces & Brush Strokes, Negative Shaping and Painting a Likeness.

The guidance is all illustrated by plenty of fantastic portraits (usually by the great masters) to make it a thought provoking and inspiring place to read about art.

Oil Portrait Painting of a Girl in a Pink Headscarf

 Copyright Fiona Holt, 2010

 
 
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