Portrait of the Artist Ilya Repin

Valentin Serov (1901)

watercolor, paperImpressionismportraitportraitfiguremanbeardclothinghand

★★★★★beginner friendly

This painting is a great exercise in capturing likeness and form using a limited palette and expressive brushstrokes. Students will learn to simplify values and suggest details rather than rendering them precisely.

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