Home About Programs Art Retreats Student Gallery BLOG Contact
FREE Portrait Guide

Insights from the Studio

Reflections on making art

—  Painting, Process 

 and Everything Around It

This is how you start a portrait: simple.
This is how you start a portrait: simple. how to paint a portrait oil portrait realist portrait rosso emerald crimson rossoartschool Jan 27, 2026

Today I want to talk about what is,...

Continue Reading...
Author

Rosso Emerald Crimson

I’m so excited to share my reflections on painting, process, my practice here on the blog. Sign up to get notified whenever new content goes live.

SIGN UP

Do you know that you can also learn online with me?

Inside my school, I teach the method behind my work — from building strong portraits and layered abstract grounds to pushing realism into contemporary expression.

Find Out More & Enrol Here

Recent Posts

Twenty Minutes in Lucian Freud’s Studio
art review london art gallery lucian freud national portrait gallery painter's reflection on art painters reviewing painters
Feb 19, 2026
How changing the ground transformed my art
abstract grounds ground oil portrait painting surface realist portrait
Feb 03, 2026
This is how you start a portrait: simple.
how to paint a portrait oil portrait realist portrait rosso emerald crimson rossoartschool
Jan 27, 2026

Categories

All Categories abstract grounds art review ground how to paint a portrait london art gallery lucian freud national portrait gallery oil portrait painter's reflection on art painters reviewing painters painting surface realist portrait rosso emerald crimson rossoartschool

Like the content of this blog?

Subscribe below to get notified everytime new insights are posted!

We Respect Your Privacy