Chris Fornataro (Paint Coach) on Instagram: "Portrait painting gets a lot easier when you change the way you see. Some of my biggest breakthroughs came from doing specific exercises that train my eye to see shapes and color instead of details. In this exercise, I lit one side of my face with a blue light and the other with a warm light to clearly show the planes of the face and the color shifts across them. I also blurred the photo on purpose so I could only focus on simple shapes and form, not

Artistic Viral on Instagram: "@devonrodriguezart is a New York based portrait artist known for creating incredibly realistic sketches of strangers he meets on the subway 🚇. Beyond the trains, his work spans oil painting, street portraiture, and highly engaging viral content 🎨🖌️. Through his art, he shows that every face carries a story, often capturing a quiet sense of emotion, empathy, and shared humanity within a single moment."