Modern Classical Realism. Renaissance for XXI century by Russian-born artist A. Antonov. Finally, I have made a video workshop on the classical painting technique that can facilitate our communication. By Russian-born artist, Alexei Antonov.
Portrait painting requires greatest responsibility compared to other painting genres.
I'd say it's the most difficult genre. Portraits are the litmus-paper of the artist's painting technique. Click on any icon to view a larger version of that Portrait. Personally I think that the most important thing in the portrait is the likeness with and the beauty of the model. I mean beauty in the direct meaning of the word.