Now oil painting is essentially a medium that uses a pigment processed through the drying medium of oil. More generally it uses canvas as a surface. In fact canvas and oil are the most celebrated surface and medium in the world. Oil paintings thrive on using canvas made from linen or cotton and the modern painters unlike painters from the past use the texture of the canvas to contrast the oil paint.

Figurative oil paintings are a more modern representation of the art form. It uses figures as an expression of human emotions. The contours are given a wide range through the use of oil. In fact, figurative oil paintings are many layered. The under layering is done through turpentine oil. Figurative oil paintings use the innate expression of human form to come with the right kind of emotional mix.

Canvas used for such paintings are coated with primer. This is because cotton tends to stretch a lot in natural forms thus stretching the contours of the figure. Nude and semi-nude portraits rely heavily on proportion. In the event of undue stretching, the figures get distorted. Most of the original figurative oil paintings are supplied mounted on a non-reflective glass. Artworks can be framed or unframed depending upon the needs established by a painter’s work.

Figurative oil paintings have been a rage. The work of oil on canvas through bold strokes from a hog’s bristle and soft strokes from miniver usually helps in putting acute symmetry in place. This helps a painting attain just the right kind of spirit. Figurative oil painting is a niche genre that has been established relatively late on the scene. At the same time, experimentations were being done even in the renaissance period.

In those times, oil medium was prepared by boiling a mixture of linseed and resin. This resulted in creating the right kind of varnish. The figurative oil paintings made through this were passed through many layers. The oil paintings do not dry very quickly and hence the creators of figurative oil paintings need to be very perseverant. A shade applied over existing shade can mar the effect completely unless it dries out.

Figurative oil paintings can be subtly erotic and tastefully sensual. Anatomical precision is sought more than anything else while making these kinds of paintings. A connoisseur can very quickly find the loopholes for such paintings if there are any.

Portrait paintings reflect the emotions of a person. Every portrait reflects the personality of a person. The eyes of the person in the portrait, tells a story by itself. In fact, a portrait can be called perfect only when the artist is able to capture the emotions, in the eyes of the person, perfectly into the portrait. It is not an easy task and every artist puts in a lot of effort to make their portraits look beautiful as well as real.

An expert artist can very successfully reflect the personality of a person through his portrait. He captures everything perfectly into the portrait right from the muscle tone and skull structure to the perfect smile. To make the portrait paintings perfect, an artist first studies his/her subject very closely. He/she very deeply studies the character and personality of the person whose portrait is being made. He/she studies the emotions reflected by the eyes and smile of the subject. The artists very carefully study the structure of the features too.

After close study of the subject, the artists start working on the portrait paintings. They put in all their efforts to fill life into the portrait and make it look real. They try to reflect the different emotions, like happiness, anger, excitement etc., present in the subject, through the portrait. All the qualities which are required to make a portrait look beautiful are present in Leonardo Da Vinci’s ‘Mona Lisa’. That’s the reason why it is considered as one of the most beautiful portrait paintings painted till date.

http://www.stefano-campitelli-portrait-and-nude-painting.com/ is a website of Stefano Campitelli, an Italian artist from Rome shows his female and male nude drawings and paintings, male nude etching prints, lifelike oil portraits, nude male soft-ground etchings and aquatint prints. He also teaches his art techniques. He has been painting and drawing for more than 15 years. Also etching is one of his great passions. In this virtual art gallery you will also find nude drawings, etching prints and aquatints.

Do you need information about art techniques? Here you will find some tips especially about oil painting, drawing and etching. Generally, figure painting is mainly focused on the female figure, but here male nude painting has an important place. Naturally other subjects as flowers and landscapes are represented as well.

If you find the way he express myself different, don’t worry, he am just an Italian “tourist”. If you have any questions or you are searching for some tips about art techniques, feel free to contact him.