Hyperrealistic painting has always been accompanied by controversy, because the final effect of the painting is similar to that of the photograph, and many people scoff at this art form, believing that it has no meaning and value to exist. Others believe that hyperrealistic painting has no artistry, but is just an "imitation", as long as enough time is invested in practice, anyone can draw a hyperrealistic painting comparable to a photograph and become a hyperrealist artist.
Is this really the case? Self-taught hyperrealist artist Richard Symonds, for more than a decade, has focused on the depiction of wildlife. How long he painted hyper-realistic paintings, how long he withstood questions, in the eyes of many people, Richard Symonds did not receive any professional art-related knowledge to learn, let alone form a system, by self-study to become an artist, a painting has also sold hundreds of thousands of dollars. Since he can, he must be able to do it himself.
In response to people's doubts, the artist recently announced the whole process of his painting, from the initial understanding of the animal habits, skeletal structural characteristics, anatomical knowledge to be depicted, to drawing sketches, and then to little by little in-depth depiction, a life-size hyper-realistic painting, which takes dozens of days before and after.
Of course, except for time, everyone can see his enthusiasm from Richard Symonds's creative process, he is giving animals a sense of life in an artistic way, and every complex detail is unified with the unique personality of animals, which will bring people a sense of realism as if they jumped out of the canvas.
Many people have watched Richard Symonds's painting process to truly understand the hyper-realism, and they are also deeply impressed by the artist's stunning paintings, and after reading it, they say that they must not be able to become a good hyper-realistic painter, and they should be dissuaded in the first step.
In fact, if you want to become an artist, you not only need time investment, but also need to have a high artistic talent and understanding, as well as love, all three are indispensable. Next, let's enjoy the steps of this self-taught hyperrealist artist to create a painting.
The painting process of the tiger:
Richard Symonds' other hyperrealistic animal paintings: