Acrylics are like no other painting medium. In the hands of a master artist, they can create an image that is the same as the real one. While examining a painting of a realist artist, someone often may have to question whether this a photograph or a painting?
Realism movement differs quite a bit from a realistic painting. Many artworks belong to the Realism category – a group of people in a conversation, a working person, any scene from extraordinary to everyday events. There are some popular names in the realism category.
One of the best known talents in the acrylic realism category is Elize Bezuidenhout. She depicts with great attention even the smallest details in her work, especially the eyes. Her most known artwork “Tigger” is a representation of her cat. It is so well finished, that it is almost impossible to tell whether it is a photograph of a real cat, or a painting on canvas. Talent like this is very rare, and need a lot of practice to be can be developed.
Artists use small brush to enhance the details of his or her work – the smaller the brush is, the more details that can be depicted in the artwork. Other realist animal paintings that Elize has produced are – Vir Nici (a painting of a beautiful lion), Leopard, young cheetah, Young Zebra, and Spotted Hyena. The most notable thing about Bezuidenhout’s style is that she only paints part of the animal’s head.
Still life is also very attracting when painted in acrylics on canvas. Glen Semple is the absolute Canadian queen of acrylic on canvas realism. Lawn Ornaments is one of the greatest samples of her work. It depicts a blue glass container put in the middle of astonishing green grass. Also there are dandelions in the container.
In a way Glen Semple painted these flowers a lot better than a photographer can capture them. Two other popular acrylic artworks of hers include “The ark” and “Butter churn”. Both paintings include a glass container as well. The ark’s glass container is full with small children’s toys, and is lying in a small bubbling stream.
While results can vary, in general the more detailed elements a painter includes, the better the image will be. Adding details is more often seen in the works of developed artists and it is not something that many beginners can do. This can take many years of great practice and perfecting. When an artist becomes familiar with the technique, he or she can experiment with many sitters and still life. However, working out details takes a long time, regardless of how experienced an artist is.
While it may seem the opposite realist paintings are very hard to make and require a lot of skills. Not every artwork can make a person hear a cat purr, and not every work of artist can fill the room with the gentle scent of a flower. This is why among other artists, such painters are famous, respected and admired. Elize Bezuidenhout and Glen Semple are just two of the incredible artists women acrylic painters that make the world a better and more colorful place. If a person is not very good with a brush, then he or she can purchase another artist’s acrylic paintings on canvas to admire on their walls.
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