#classicpainting

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𝕮𝖊𝖑𝖊𝖇𝖗𝖆𝖙𝖎𝖔𝖓𝖘 𝖔𝖋 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖁𝖊𝖗𝖓𝖆𝖑 𝕰𝖖𝖚𝖎𝖓𝖔𝖝, 𝖇𝖞 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖕𝖍𝖆𝖓𝖙𝖔𝖒 𝖕𝖆𝖎𝖓𝖙𝖊𝖗

[aura-eden]

On a bed of roses and Odalisque

Delphin Enjolras (French, 1857-1945)

[slumberingmuse]

Las Meninas

Diego Velázquez, 1656, Oil on canvas

This painting isn’t just a portrait — it’s a puzzle. At first glance, we’re looking at the Infanta Margarita (center), daughter of King Philip IV of Spain, surrounded by her attendants — the meninas, or ladies-in-waiting — along with a few other courtiers, a dog, and even a dwarf. But then, you notice the man behind the canvas. That’s Velázquez himself, painting…this painting?

In the mirror at the back of the room, you can just barely see the king and queen reflected. Are they the ones being painted? Are they us, the viewers? Is Velázquez making us complicit in the act of creation?

This is what makes Las Meninas so genius: it’s a painting about painting, about power, perspective, and presence. It breaks the fourth wall before the fourth wall even had a name.

Velázquez puts himself in the royal space, brush in hand, elevating the role of the artist — not just a craftsman, but a thinker, a peer, maybe even a philosopher.

[x-heesy]

Vladimir Kirillov is known, first of all, as an artist who continues the traditions of the Russian school of realistic painting. This is mainly manifested in the master's expressed interest in Russian nature. Landscape compositions occupy a special place in the work of Vladimir Kirillov.

What A Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong 🎵

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[asinjuasflora]

Tutorial series 1: How to color greyscale

QHD (4K) tutorial no watermark is available for ALL tiers on my P@tre0n (link in bio)

I will be doing more, hope you find them useful 🙂

[lupivulpes]

Day 16 : Deadly Nightshade ♥ Ref & Inspiration : "Poison: L'arme secrète de l'histoire de l'antiquité à nos jours " Kirill Privalov, " A girl with Flowers" József Borsos

[vidi-ink]

Part LXII

“It is likely that the very first beings, single celled organisms that became capable of some sort of reproduction, did this through cooperation, and the efficient sharing of available resources. Focussing on competition likely would have just meant death. 

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“Christopher I”

Zoomed in/ distorted portrait

70 x 100 cm

Oil paint on paper

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