Portrait of Mona Lisa painting on wood used oil as the color medium, size at 77 x 53 cm, renaissance painting dated back in 1503. Painted by the famous Italian artist, Leonardo Da Vinci; master of all science. He was well known for his brilliant innovator in painting, as well as, areas of the (then) natural sciences, technology and architecture. Below, you will read about his portrait painting of Mona Lisa, perhaps the most famous of his work in whole of art history.

This portrait painting has received many questions around the world, yet many has remained unanswer. You may be asking why has this portrait painting been so famous. There is, in fact, no specific reasons or a right answer. As art, it is always sujected to your opinions and how you support it. I personally also trying to find out myself and to learn from you. Regardless of the attitude or expectation with which you look at the face of Mona Lisa, she looks back accordingly. In particularly, Mona Lisa’s smile; it is so magical and with beauty.

In the world of oil paintings, all, no-one has identified who the sitter is. You may have known that she is commonly referred as the wife of Francesco del Giocondo, a Florentine official. However, Leonardo Da Vinci painted Portrait of Isabella d’Este in 1500, whom, many critics claimed to resemble her from side view.

As Leonardo Da Vinci has done before, in 1570′s, he staved to make this portrait more than merely a naturalistic depiction. He painted the outward portrait of a young woman, whose kind and peaceful eyes, with her gentle smile refer to something not can be expressed outwardly, the soul. For this reason the Mona Lisa painting does not seem to have been created from outward appearance, but from with 0 and the same might also be said of the folds of the mountains at the portrait background.

One of the his technique this Leonardo had acquired is sfumato. He achieved this effect by means of soft transitions of light and shade: things lose their rigidity, and reality appears hazy, vague, free of sharpness or hash contour. Mona Lisa smile and her vivid face is deliberately expressed with such technique; in which facial trait are not clearly definable.

Whatever it was, the paintings has cast its magic spell for centuries. As Jean-Pierre Mohen of Louvre has described, “The work actually produces a strange kind of rapture which is part of its greatness.”

Portrait Painting for Young Children.
There are the most adorable and beautiful people doted by parents and adults, who always give the best whatever there can. Portrait photography for young children is good way of capturing natural pose with in a short time. Technically, it take little effort to snapshot a nice portrait, be it digital or film. On the contrary, portrait artists who acquire experience and genuine painting skill, will have to use their ingenuity and thinks of ways to keep young children in the same room with him. Keeping them looking at the artist takes even more cleverness. Here are a few ways.

1) When work actually begin…

The best thing one can do is talk with the child. Let the parents be there, but in the background. Portrait artist will find it absolutely essential to talk with the child subject. Otherwise, one will find the child either falls asleep or escapes from the chair. The idea is to get the child talking so artist can just nod or smile and concentrate on e painting work. Try opening the conversation by asking about a pet, or brothers and sisters, or favorite TV show or even a favorite color. In short, ask the child about himself. Incidentally, this technique works just as well with young children

2) Once in a while…

Artist will have a youngster who love to sing. Portrait artist can have fun with this, especially if one know the songs, too, and sing along with the child. Be entertained and occupied with this fun. Background music helps everyone relax and fills in the gaps when there is no conversation. Some parents bring the child’s favorite CD along. But insist on absolutely no video, such as cartoons. Visual media may keep a child in one place, but that mesmerized expression is too unnatural for a portrait.

3) If artist works standing up…

He will have to raise the child to his eye level. Try a small stool with a back on it that rotates – children really like that. If a child gets fussy, she might sit on the lap of the parent who agrees to sit on the stool. At times, artist may just easier to get down on the floor with the child while she sits in a juvenile chair or plays on the floor with her toys. Of course, this means moving all the painting gear to the floor, too. Toys such as Sony PSP or Nintendo are highly not recommended; a child will never look up to the artist, but will glued to the gadgets, instead.

4) Young children are inquisitive by nature.

There will be doggedly determined to get closed to artsit and start picking up paints and bushes, or may even want to work on the portrait. Curious of how the end results look like, asking questions of “why” and “how”. Its amazing how children thinks and talk. But then, no matter how nice you want to be, don’t let this happen. If you allow the child to dab around with the brush even once, one will find that the subject will want to paint, not pose, and artist will have lost control of the situation entirely.

5) After a while…

Many children will ask, “When will you be done?” or complain, “Aren’t you done yet?” When it looks like they are about to run out the door and you need more time, let them wear your watch and tell them they can get down when this hand gets to that number. This works far better than telling the child you only want her to pose “for about ten minutes,” because children have no idea how long ten minutes is. Most children enjoy this game, especially when they see that the hands really do move and thereby realize that you are not just humoring them. They are amazed that artist would give them their watch to wear, too. But it better be an inexpensive watch – don’t get mad at the watch if the child throws it.

Above are a few interesting ways for portrait artists painting on young children. These days, with modern technology advancing quickly, and price are affordable for a digital camera. One may take many photographs of children easily. What takes more skill is the portrait artist, who don’t need the actual appearance of the child, but a clear digital printout of your favorite photograph.

Portrait Painting is a realistic artwork.

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