But if you want your portrait to really pop, use a lens with a wide aperture (think f/2.0 or lower) to create a background blur. Direct the subject to stand away from the wall a little ...

"I don't think of my paintings as portraits. I think of them as paintings with people in them." Working on one piece at a time, McCurdy spends some 12-18 months perfecting each piece before it's ...

A famous portrait of King Henry VIII, long considered lost, has been found after an art historian spotted it in the ...

Wendell Gilliard’s Portrait ... for the people who really make the difference in our community, the people who don’t like to be in the forefront, the people who work in the background, ...

That’s Worcester artist Greg Hamilton’s summary of the yearly Worcester Portrait Exchange, which he founded as a way to build connections between artists of all ages, backgrounds and skill ...

The figure means that just 1.3 per cent of the portraits in the Parliamentary Art Collection depict people from BAME backgrounds in the Palace. Ms Onwurah uncovered who was depicted in the four ...