Art Blog - Portrait Stories and Opinion Pieces
Portrait Painting is an ancient work of art and is to this day one of the leading and most exciting artistic layers in any type of plastic art. Painting a portrait in the classical technique is in fact an observation of the soul of the character, a reflection of the personality and hidden character. In You Are Art blog, I will share with you various techniques, tips and tricks that may help you in your art of portrait painting. I will share with you a number of stories behind some of the portraits that have already been ordered and appear in the portraits galleries. Finally, I will express myself freely on various issues in the world of art, artists in Israel and around the world - of course, these are my opinions, and I would love to hear your opinion as well.
June 25, 2025
The Painter, the Clown and the Musician
Two versions of this remarkable work reveal the artistic evolution of the late Simon Edery.
February 07, 2023
The Kiss and World Peace
A kiss, an intimate act which is so small and so charged. Art is full of documentation of kisses and…
January 15, 2023
Art in the Age of AI
Will artificial intelligence replace human artists? Who owns the copyright to AI art? The future is unclear and it is…
December 20, 2022
Pets' Portraits
A handmade pet portrait painting is original art and will provide a tangible, one-off, durable and meaningful keepsake of our…
December 09, 2022
Rabbis And Tzaddikim Portraits
Paintings of rabbis or paintings of tzaddikim at home - a blessing at home! "And let your eyes see your…
July 06, 2022
Portrait Painting From Photographs
One of the truths in life is that circumstances do not always allow us to be present at all important…
January 07, 2022
This Can Be Called Cultural Appropriation
In recent weeks, a media debate has resurfaced around the issue of calls for proposals to artists to participate in…
March 07, 2021
How Does an illustration Make...?
One of the first works I had in my youth, was book illustration. Between casual jobs from hell like waitressing,…
October 14, 2020
Ugly is The New Beautiful
In the beginning there was art. Art which began as a craftsmanship rolled into human culture and took on different…
June 17, 2020
Portrait of The Pride Revolution
Alongside the dubious book month, Pride Month has also been consolidated in recent years. Apparently, here too, there are quite…
April 21, 2020
Art in The Name of Art
Art in the name of art is a new idea in the terms of human history. When art began to…
March 10, 2020
Art in Times of Corona
In the days of world’s Corona anxiety, rise and float are images from earlier periods in history, in which plague…
December 18, 2019
Portrait of The Holy Family
In December, most of the Christian holidays are celebrated, which we are all very aware of, mainly due to the…
December 09, 2019
To Be A Cat. In Art
One of the subjects I studied while studying Master's in art history was the image of the cat in 17th-century…
October 14, 2019
About the Tormented Artist
The tormented artist is a myth that Americans especially like. Hollywood biographical films about artists such as Jackson Pollock and…
July 15, 2019
Conversion Treatments
In recent days, the state has been raging about the provocative statement made by Education Minister Rafi Peretz, who supports…
June 15, 2019
Aesthetic Art VS Conceptual Art
This sculpture began with the invitation of the Maayan Art Gallery staff to create an installation for a field exhibition…
May 19, 2019
Eurovision 2019 - A Country's Portrait
The Eurovision Song Contest ended, and was an explosion of creativity and grandiosity. This event serves as a portrait of…
April 14, 2019
Hamaayan - A Gallery's Portrait
At the end of last week (12-13/4/2019) there was an art fair at the Hamaayan gallery. The Hamaayan is a…
March 16, 2019
Dress Up or Be Exposed
Does this dress up hide inside someone else? Is dressing up an attempt to impersonate? Perhaps a costume is actually…
February 16, 2019
The Artist as A Shaman
As an artist who specializes in portraits paintings, I receive orders from different people who send me a photo. These…
January 15, 2019
How to Get a Vivid Portrait
As a multidisciplinary artist I find myself doing a lot of things and experiencing a variety of materials in the…
December 11, 2018
Frank Morrison & Urban Jazz
Recently, I discovered an American artist named Frank Morrison, who often draws characters in a variety of scenes from the…
October 14, 2018
Love and Other Animals
Anyone who raises an animal in his house, be it a dog, a cat or a fish, knows how much…
September 18, 2018
On Courage and Creativity
For many years I have been painting for clients and receiving orders for portrait paintings of all kinds and in…
August 15, 2018
Aretha Franklin - Portrait of a Soul
Franklin's portrait was immortalized by an artist in a bronze statue, which was placed in the garden of the Montreux…
June 15, 2018
Portrait With a Cat
Cats appear in many paintings throughout history. There are also a few cats in portrait paintings. Since the cat is…
June 14, 2018
Charles Le Brun's Physiognomy
Charles Le Brun was the most influential French painter of the 17th century. In 1664 Louis XIV appointed Le Brun…
May 15, 2018
Albrecht Dürer - Self-Portrait
In 1500 Dürer painted his most official self-portrait when he was almost 29 years old, in a frontal format that…
April 21, 2018
Wind & Matter - Watercolor Portrait
Portrait paintings in the familiar classic style are mostly common in oil paints. This technique is creator-friendly because of the…
March 19, 2018
Classic Avant-Garde Portrait
Every retiring president in the United States is invited to a portrait painter who creates a full-size portrait for him.…
February 14, 2018
Portrait of Another Species
YNET website recently published an article about a pair of artists who create a rather traditional theme: portraits, but use…
January 22, 2018
Factory#4 // Dangerous Art
About a week and a half ago, the Haifa Museum of Art produced an event called Factory #4 // Dangerous…
January 03, 2018
The Man is A King
One of the interesting projects I got to do was a painting of a young man, who asked me to…
December 22, 2017
Frida Kahlo - A Poet in Colors
Frida Kahlo is one of my favorite painters. She is of Mexican descent, lived and worked in the United States…
December 15, 2017
Van Gogh - A Stormy Portraits Painter
Painting, in contrast to photography, allows the artist to present a world and its fullness through a variety of colors…
December 08, 2017
Lucian Michael Freud
Lucian Freud, an artist born in the first half of the 20th century, created numerous portraits, of faces as well…
December 04, 2017
Arikha - Living, Growing, Inanimate
Avigdor Arikha was a painter and illustrator who passed away in 2010. He was born in Germany and lived alternately…
November 15, 2017
Amir Hair Stylist
Amir is a hair stylist who works in the Carmel Center at the "Avi Tal" studio. Amir received from me…
November 08, 2017
Way of Beauty - Rachel Agranati
Rachel Agranati is a beautician, owner of the Derech Hayofi clinic in the lower commercial center of Denya, Haifa. Rachel…