This is amazing! Looks just like a picture... Super!

Thank you, that's what I call ART, a picture Hmm! OK, I wanted it to look better than a photo. To show his vulnerability and kindness in his eyes.

oh splendid !!

Thank you,

wow...aming work brain...........waht a use of blue........superb........wwaaaooooooawwww

Thank you, a little more light and dark.

the effect is awesome..

Thank you, the light on the left is electris light or sunlight.

W E L L D O N E !!!!!!!!!!!!

T h a n k Y o u

Thank you,

waouh! wonderfull!

Thank you,

wow, so beautiful

Thank you, the other two are about day light, this one is lamp light.

wow! this, harry & hermione are wonderful (as well as every work in your gallery )

Thank you every painting is a challenge of likeness and difficulty sometimes I tell people that the more I paint the better I seem to get that's the practice.

Very good

Thank you, first I like your Daniel Craig watercolour, to become very good at watercolour you must immerse yourself for say four painting at a time. I've done a few step by step paintings to see if I can help others. Your Daniel C is very good, but to move from very good to excellent is the challenge, your painting had excellent likeness. You just need a few little techniques to improve that small bit, I was going to say tricks instead of techniques, but I said that to someone once and they though it was about magic I think the movement from very, very good, like your work to excellent is a small but a massive step. Your on the edge waiting for that little movement forward. I hope I can help I'm nothing special, I think your more talented than me! because, I had to learn mine over 40 years and only the last ten have I stepped over. I just want to help and perhaps one day you will think of the welsh old man brainfree.

You're welcome and thank you I have just been looking at your Lenny Kravitz portraits they are really good and are very helpful, I was wondering how you achieved the smooth blending on the final stage?

Ok it's an interesting question and can be answered in two way the first is practice. I will give You what I think your looking for. Blending HOW, take a flat brush wet it and stoke the colour towards the which ever way can be useful, it will move a little at first, if you get to carried away with the water have a paper towel in your other hand to mop up the surplus. This skill can be used on all face work, it smoothing out the colours and mixing them a little, one to another carefully. It will take practice! Use say a old throw away paintings at first. The method can be used to remove things to. Like a rubber in a pencil drawing, but to done this like a rubber it must be made with a little wetter and blotted like ink with the paper towel. Off course it takes skill and will not be instantly successful keep trying and practice this is no use what so ever if an acrylic or stain paint has been used.

ohhh! It's Ron!!! very very good! I like the effect! perfect!

Thank you, on the other two I centred my light on being natural light on this I brought in what would be a lamp light. I amm going to have a day or two paint something for me now. I'll post it on Sunday.

Woow!!! Great job with the lights!

Thank you,

very good wrok master, excllent colour

Thank you a teaching aid again, about lamp light.

so good

amazing!!!!

Thank you a study in light no fancy bits just, good likeness and light.

Merci,

So wonderful picture! All of three paintings of HP characters are so great. I love them

Thank you, finally the electric lamp. They are good to show a teaching piece on because they always reach a wide viewing.

You are a true inspiration! to every artist! i just hope that one day i can be as good as you!

Ok, Thank you first of all that's very nice of you to say. The three Harry P characters are all a part of a teaching week for some young artist on the site I set them after we had done a few basic watercolur painting excersizes. First of all in painting we must start at the basic drawing. The leval of ability in drawing is not important and on this site many pencil artist have stayed to long drawing instead of drawing towards a painting. I my self drew for to long it was a mistake but as I was self taught I had no one to advise me. My advise then is of course to paint almost from the begining. Learn to draw and learn to paint at the same time. I don't know your age but if your young then so much the better as your knowledge of not what to do is less. I belive that if you are a average drawer who can copy or draw from an empty paper an average likeness then you can paint. I have spent 50 years trying and 1 year in your word being good. cont

It is like a switch for many years or days you swich it on and only a glimmer comes on the it brightens and hopefully it light your world like it light's mine. Keep drawing, practice, Have FUN and enjoy drawing and painting. I've just read back my first comment and raelised I haven't gramar or spell checked, Sorry. Brainfree.

i love that you do!!! good job!!

Thank you Celine, I'm glad you like my work.

this is amazing!!!!fantastic!!!!

Thank you, a study of light.

Magnifique portrait du jour, félicitations Brainfree

Merci votre très aimable

Sensational very good Brian!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh forgot to say congratulations on being portrait of the day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OK

Thank you, I am very happy.

congratulation!! it looks great!!

Thank you, I am very pleased.

Vraiment superbe!!! Felicitation pour ce portrait du jour plus que mérité !!

Merci votre être très aimable.

wwwwwoooooowwwww!!!

Thank you, October was a good month for me. It's not what you paint? it's what you don't! light is so important to an artist.

Congrats Brian. I really like this one. Th coloring is excellent.

Thank you, it was to show the difference between electric light and sun light. Yellow and White.

Your welcome. You did it quite well.

congratulations on portrait of the day! amazing work as always!

Thank you,

hello Brian Congratulations on Portrait of the Day!!

Thank you,

congratulations on this portrait of the day much deserved

Thank you JLB,

superbe le portrait du jour

Merci, votre très aimable.

Thank you, your very kind.

wooooooow!!!

Thank you, a study of light electric (yellow) and sun (white) light. Light is the friend of both drawers and painters because you paint less.

BRILLANT

Thank you, I wish I had done this one as a tutourial, as it would have been good as a stage one.

congrats brain.......

Thank you, your very kind,

I WAS BUSSY FOR A WHILE SO I DINT CAME ONLINE MUCH... SO HOWS YOUR HEALTH ????? AND WHAT ARE YOU MAKING THESE DAYS???? I WILL TRY TO MAKE A NEW PORTRAIT AS SOON AS I GET TIME......

I'm working on many small projects, I'm healthy but all my friends are ill.

well done u got star portrait of the day , u must be very proud . How many times have u won the portrait of the day

Thank you, Your very kind saying it I have been portrait of the day twice. This was an attempt to help others, showing the importance of light both electric and sun light to a piece of work. I feel happy that people like my work . I have more interest in helping others.

well thats awsome , keep up the good work!

congratulations on portrait of the day!!!!!

Thank you, I like your drawings, a little light for my taste, ( but excellent) as I like to show both dark and light that is what this painting is about.

Thank you My drawings are light, but I take pictures of it (not very good quality), this make my drawings lighter than it really is. But I agree, you show more dark and light.

Thank you the balance is what I aim for of light and dark. I meant it a an observation not as a critique.

Amazing ! Congratulations on being portrait of the day

Thank you, your very kind, as I'm just a paint thrower who enjoys painting and helping others.

Congrats for portrait of the day!

congratulations for portrait of the day...!But I must say that you deserve GALLERY OF THE DAY cuz all your portraits are soooo awesome and very original...!

Thank you,

Very Good! Excellent my friend! Felicidades mi amigo Brian! Congratulations for the drawing of the day!

Thank you what's all the fuss about, your all very kind and thanks to my friend Martin (Marino63)

woow this looks amazing! Just perfect! Portrait of the day! It really is!

Thank you, your all to kind

Congratulations, it's very merited!

Thank you, it's very kind of you.

Congratulations, Brian!

Thank you,

Congrats on portrait of the day Brian,and what a portrait it is,wow! I missed this one,I see you added ole Rupert here in October on the 16th I had just joined,really wonderful!

Thank you, your very kind I have painted so many that I forget them to. I did this a a help for young artist to teach about light both electric and sunlight both here as yellow electric and white sunlight. Always teaching.

Your welcome.

bravo for the portrait of the day.

Thank you, your very kind as I'm just a paint slinger. I like as many of the others on this site, it never fails to amaze me in the talent of us ALL.

Very good. Congratulations on being portrait of the day

Thank you, very kind of you.

Congratulations on portrait of the day

Thank you, I'm over whelmed by the attention.

Félicitations pour le portrait du jour Beau travail

Merci, Thank you,

Great!! Congrats to portrait of the day, friend!

Thank you to you my friend, you are very kind.

great job !! I love it !! congrats for the portrait of the day !!

Thank you,

Il est magnifique !

Merci,

congrats Brainfree - your name is Brian , right ? It it really portrait of the day . One of my fav in your gallery I like the blue tone and the likeness is just perfect . really great job .

Brainfree is my son's nickname for me I have used it for the last ten years it's because he say's I have no brain just instinct. Thank you for your kind words about Portrait of the day. I work at the likeness a lot it is my talent. Brian

wow thats awesome!!

Thank you, it should teach something, that's because it's about light. I did it as a lesson in natural light and electric. So I put a Lamp with electric on one side and sunlight on the other side I did this in my mind. Your a good drawer, I have looked at your gallery, use my thoughts about light think of it as you plan a drawing as it counts not just for painting but for drawing to. It will help you move on to the next stage of drawing.

FANTASTIC PORTRAIT OF THE DAY!!!!!!!! I LOVE VERY MUCH

Thank you, Merci,

HI, brainfree! Great artwork!

Thank you Tony, kind of you to say.

just one word ! beautifull!

Thank you,

Congratulations!!!

Thank you,

Congrats on portrait of the day!

Thank you,

Great job...especially in the color choices. You maintained a very good likeness as well. It's definitely interesting in that it is not the moody piece I would have associated with this character, but it still works.

Thank you, it is a study of light for other artist although I worked at the light, I had to maintain the likeness. The yelolow is electric light the other side is sunshine or white light is a little exercise in light.

Congrats on have a good president tomorrow

Congratulations on portrait of the day Brainfree, you are the greatest!!!!!

Thank you, I’m Far from the greatest, thanks for the kind words. Today I watch for the first time a man painting a wall, as a good thing to do, You have a good president in the making. I hope that the cynical way he is reported finishes and a man can paint a wall without being evaluate on every move. My PM is an ordinary man who fight for people and not the system. Well done and I hope the future will be better.

you are welcome

This is absolutely fantastic, you're a great artist

Thank you, I like it as a text book piece, made to teach another artist people in general seem to like it, I use these popular portrait to teach about light as with this one

woah! That's great!

perfect as always

Thank you, perfect I wish it was, as you paint better it's the small things that get more difficult.

wow ! beautiful

Thank you, A study in light, the electric light on the left and the natural light on the right, it was done to teach, nothing more I new the request was from someone who liked the Potter films so it was an interesting excercise for them to see was just light can do.

Yes I like very much the eletric effect.

Excellent! Your portraits are always brilliant.

Thank you Lynn , I like your work to, they are excellent. Here I tried to teach someone that colour is not important but light is! They told me on another portrait that they could not paint or draw in colour, I did this then with as little colour as possible. Mind the dark Harry Potter stories and scenes inhanced the painting.

Thank you.Your work always looks so effortless and captures the person completly.Just shows what a fabulous artist you are.

Thank you again

amazing !

Thank you,

Amazing !!

Thank you, on the site I give advice and some small exercises this was my effort at showing day light, lamp light, and dark and light on a face if you can put all these into a painting or drawing your getting there. With impressionism I have to show a good likeness of the person so many time we see artists who do wonderful effects but lose the likeness I hope I got the balance right here. I'm not a teacher but a person who has painted and drawn for 50 years some of my techniques and skills are self taught but that's the best kind of taught. We must first have confidence in our own abilities then when we paint it shows. on this website there are many excellent artists ask them how or why they will love to tell you. Brian. brainfree

you also drawed the harry potter actors! now you're my hero it is so beautiful! god gave you a gift! i can't stop looking at your drawings!

Thank you, we live in a wonderful world ehere we can be given mant things but we must work hard for things Why because if it was easy it would have very little meaning. If God waved his magic wand over me then I wish he had done it 45 years ago and saved me all those days of practice. When I learnt to draw I would free hand draw circles or squares until they came easy. Straight lines and shading then pastels work learning tone and shadow then paint all kinds of paint Oils, Acrylic and watercolour. Why to be able to draw things as they are not copy photo's but get inside the people and feel their emotion and show others. It's wonderful to have the kind of mind that enables me never to become bored with drawing and painting. Good luck. Come join me on the wonderful journey of ART.