I am professional portrait painter and teacher from Russia residing in Barcelona, Spain. I teach painting in Barcelona Academy of Art, I share my knowledge by teaching workshops worldwide and I do online mentorship (check the links panel)
Feel free to hang out here, watch me painting and paint along if you like. I am here to share my passion about portraiture and art in general, my love for videogames, fantasy. scince fiction and to help other artists to grow confidence in portraiture.
“Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter. The sitter is merely the accident, the occasion. It is not he who is revealed by the painter; it is rather the painter who, on the coloured canvas, reveals himself.”* ― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
Instagram - instagram.com/arthurgain
YouTube channel
Small works for sale in my online store
Tutorials and online mentorship program on Gumroad
Barcelona Academy of Art Website
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Oil paints: Rublev Colours from Natural Pigments. Sometimes Old Holland and Gamblin.
Canvas: Claessens No 13 Quad Oil Primed linen
Brushes: Rosemary&Co, normally long filberts - Eclipse, Master Choice and Ultimate Bristles. Sizes from 2 to 12
Palette: Paintbook from EdgePro
Mediums: Oleogel, Walnut Oil Gel.