I found this great image online. you could just sense the paints thickness, he preached to let the paint retain the tracks of the brush. i have a little suspicion that as much as he squinted he would also blurred his vision with eyes wide open in order to eliminate the number of planes and detail, in order to see color mass and color variations. This is why i think he was among the greatest to capture flesh tones because he then was more able to see color by itself instead of color as the…

The Versatility of Acrylics in Portrait Art

michael malm art - backlit idea May 2019

Painting of an extremely surprised man, styled after Caravaggio's old master Baroque oil paintings.