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.

Learning how to draw a rose not only lets one show another how much they are appreciated, it’s a labor of love that can have several desired meanings.

Step One: Know the Type of Rose

All of us would know what red roses look like but there are several who are not aware that this beautiful flower comes in many colors and varieties. The first step in learning how to draw a rose is to know exactly what kind or variant of rose that is going to be drawn and to get at least a picture of it. Roses can be drawn freehand and once we know what variant we are going to draw, it’s time to make the outline. The outline does not have to be detailed, in fact it can consist of 2 circles to represent the flower itself, semi-curved lines to represent the stem, and roughly sketched leaves.

Step Two: Sketch the Stem and the Petals

Once we’ve drawn the circles to represent the flower, it’s time to lightly draw inside these circles to show the petals as the second step in learning how to draw a rose. The petals are meant to overlap and curve around the other petals so there is no one perfect shape. From the petals, thicken the curved lines that represent the stem without making it too thick or too thin.

Step Three: Draw the Leaves

Jagged lines would need to be drawn on the outline of the leaves to be able to depict a realistic picture. Start with making the edges of the leaves jagged and don’t worry if the lines are not perfect because they’re not meant to be. When learning how to draw a rose, make sure the leaves are connected to each other by drawing a leaf stem that’s connected to the flower’s stem.

Step Four: Shade the Leaves and the Flowers

Now it’s time to look into the final details of learning how to draw a rose. Shading starts from the inner part of the leaf’s stem and it gets lighter as we move out towards the jagged edges. Consider lighting also in that if one has drawn a leaf that is tucked away, this should be shaded darker than a leaf that is right in front.