/r/painting
Welcome to /r/Painting!
Functioning like an artist cooperative gallery, this is the place where beginning to advanced painters display their work in an ongoing group discussion. Artists who post their work are strongly encouraged to interact with their fellow subscribers and be prepared to discuss their concept, process & technique.
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/r/painting is a place for painters of reddit to share their work with fellow artists.
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/r/painting
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Sargent study I recently did, focusing on brushwork
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A precious kitten
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Yellow days- acrylic /collage
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glossing paint on a 3D print
idk if this is the right place to ask
hi i am getting a 3D print made of resin and i want to paint some details onto it and i want to add a shiny smooth finish ontop of it and i was wondering what the best thing to use would be, and also would acrylic paint be a viable paint to use for detailing with paint?
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Foreign Memory, me, acrylic on canvas, 2023
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‘Near Kennedy Falls, Vancouver BC’, 6x9” gouache I finished last night!
17:46 UTC
All-Seeing Crop Top (Hand-Painted)
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Jax beach life guard station
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Poe The Magician by me
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Turtle painting,oil over acrylics
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For real 💀
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I shared the in progress but here’s there finished back! Took me 30 hours to make the Jacket but it’s my favorite thing now
I had a blast seeing TS in Houston this month wearing the jacket that I painted!
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Shiny paint on plastic bottle?
Hello all. Im trying to paint a plastic bottle red. The bottle is shiny on the outside, but the part i want to color in seems matte. I want the letters to also be bright and vibrant and shiny.
Which product do i buy for this? acrylic? A specific product i could buy from the netherlands would be nice as well
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“To infinity” | oil on canvas
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Autonomous Indulgence, 36”x36”, oil on canvas, Me!
16:29 UTC
Anacropora coral
Here's an Original Surreal oil painting on masonite of an Anacropora coral. This coral is in the stony coral family, meaning they develop their own skeleton.
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"Chai" 8x10 oil commission
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Dragon of the woods, me, Arcylics
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How can I fix this
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Watercolor painting I did
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"Apple of my eyes" Made a design on a blank turtleneck / Help with fabric paints
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ponderosa, acrylic on canvas, 13x13in (in progress), me
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Sorting through a relatives house and found this painting. No signature on it but it looks pretty old. Any ideas on how tell who painted it or when it was done?
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A recent painting I did!
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