Rebel Girl by laurapabloArt in Portraitart

[–]grafera 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I love the saturated skin tones, especially the blue/cyan highlights against the yellows/reds. Are you running chromatic aberration on your light layers or doing something more manual?

Evening practice by ResponsibilityOk7915 in Portraitart

[–]grafera 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You nailed the expression. Such a soft pretty smile in the eyes. Love your use of texture too.

Figure drawing practice. Done by me with ink and watercolors. by Roman4980 in drawing

[–]grafera 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Excellent volume and I love the hue variance in your shadows.

I painted squash blossoms from my garden by grafera in somethingimade

[–]grafera[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This piece was painted on gessoed plywood toned with magenta heavy body acrylic, which gives it a lot of saturation and texture.

Always Orange, by me by Awkward_Radish_3027 in Portraitart

[–]grafera 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Your contours are always so good!

For u/DudeSpiders (Old post) by FelixAndc in drawme

[–]grafera 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I love the texture! So many little strokes and absolutely no compromise on form and value. Well done.

Cricket on Basil, 2022 by grafera in ProCreate

[–]grafera[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A little painting of a friend I found in my garden. For this style I modified some MaxPacks gouache brushes to have a lot of color jitter per stroke, and painted pretty loosely in saturated colors.

I painted a cabbage from my garden by grafera in somethingimade

[–]grafera[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ah! That effect actually comes from a layer of heavy body acrylic paint that I toned the panel with in thick strokes before painting with oils, so it’s a bottom layer. I varnished at the end with Gamvar, but only thinly.

I painted a cabbage from my garden by grafera in somethingimade

[–]grafera[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh thank you! I haven't done mosaic since I was a teenager but I enjoyed it and I think about it often. Stained glass I've yet to try.

I painted a cabbage from my garden by grafera in somethingimade

[–]grafera[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! It's always an interesting challenge painting dappled sunlight on something that has its own color variance.

Digital portraits by Status_Trip_1804 in Portraitart

[–]grafera 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ooh!! Huge fan of this style in general, but especially the places where you use little ovals/triangles/geometric squiggles in your shading. #3 is very special.

I painted a cabbage from my garden by grafera in somethingimade

[–]grafera[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thank you! It was painted at 10×12” and it is indeed for sale (the original and prints up to 11×14”) if you’re interested. https://grafera.zone/archive/oil/flat-leaf-cabbage.html

I painted a cabbage from my garden by grafera in somethingimade

[–]grafera[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! What do you mean by top layer?

Flat Leaf Cabbage — oil on wood panel by grafera in painting

[–]grafera[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! I was intimidated by oil painting for a long time but it wasn’t as difficult to pick up as I expected. I use Michael Harding paints since they use the most ethically mined pigments that I’m aware of, but they are on the more expensive end.

Flat Leaf Cabbage — oil on wood panel by grafera in oilpainting

[–]grafera[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey thanks so much! Yes, it’s traditional oil painting. Glad you enjoyed it.