Human Figure Paintings: All to Know About Human Art Paintings

Human Figure Paintings: All to Know About Human Art Paintings : The use of human in art paintings as the prime subject has been in vogue since centuries. There are two ways of going about it. Some artists hire professional models to sit for them as they stroke the brush over the canvas while some artists use their imagination to create random human figures. There are many artists who like to blend the two i.e. make a model sit before them but then create a painting which is not an exact replica of the model.

 

 

Human figure paintings are not easy to make and they require some serious skills. More than skills, they require intense focus and concentration. These paintings can be deeper and may contain some underlying emotion that may or may not be apparent at a casual glance.

 

For instance, the image of a solitary woman sitting by the window may be a depiction of several thoughts at once. It may depict her loneliness or the state of misery of the oppressed society in general. It may also depict some personal loss (death or loss of love) for the subject used or for the painter himself.

 

Human art paintings are technically very tough. The face itself requires the artist to use all his observational skills. It may require an amateur quite a few sessions before he learns to master the art of drawing the perfect face and the perfect eye. Though there are many tutorials available on the web on this subject, it can still be hard for a novice to make flawless replicas of the subject.

 

The rest of the face and the body too require insight and a flair for detailing. For instance, if the artist is working on a portrait or a figure that is old or aged, then it becomes very important to showcase the age through finely sketched lines of wrinkles. The challenge is all the greatest when the artist is using a subject for the same, since then the challenge is to project the subject with as much reality as possible into the canvas.

 

Nude human figure paintings have been the subject of both controversy and fascination over the centuries. Human anatomy is considered extremely beautiful and artists have always tried to project this beauty in its most natural form. Various stages of nudity have been manifested through paintings spread across generations. Acts like physical intimacy, seduction, bath and breastfeeding have also found rendition through such human art paintings