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Figure painting
Figure painting is a form of the visual arts in
which the artist uses a live model as the subject matter of a two-dimensional
piece of artwork using paint as the medium. In most cases the live
model is nude and the painting is a representation of the full body
of the model. It is analogous in most respects to figure drawing,
which is usually done in pencil of some kind. (See the figure drawing
article for more information about their common characteristics.)
'Figure painting' usually refers to an artist's
work in progress. It is rarely, if ever, used to refer to an artist's
finished work, which is usually described more specifically as a
'nude', 'portrait', or 'figure study'.
Some artists very well known for figure painting
are Rubens, Degas, and Manet.
The paintings are the excellent portrayal of the events and scenes
that we see around us. The painters are the best cameras of the
world. They reproduce many different types of pictures. They even
draw imaginary pictures that do not exist in this world. We tend
to use both thinned oil paints and dense oil paints. Masterpieces
can be dyed more than once, but each time it may be different from
the existing paintings.
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