1665 is the year that Gerard de Lairesse (Luik) arrives in Amsterdam. Shortly after thet he visits Rembrandt in his Rembrandt paints his portrait in coarse brushstrokes, in which the affected face of De Lairesse (syfilis)has not been made more beautiful than it is.

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Goya’s 3rd May 1808: commemorating the Spanish uprising against Napoleonic occupation. What I did not realize until I was standing in front of it in the Prado is how massive it is! 268 cm × 347 cm Truly monumental also in the boldness of its brushstrokes.

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I’m not sure if this tiny painting communicates the scene I was going for. What do you think it’s of?

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Man, I love being impulsive & reckless attacking small paintings. This small piece benefits immensely from a terracotta brushstroke. Defo an improvement on how it looked yesterday...

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playing with brushstrokes again
can't get this game off my mind!

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Describing her work as Lyrical Abstraction, Krisztina Horvath creates expressive and intuitive paintings which lay bare upon the canvas, composed of frenetic brushstrokes and communicative marks in paint.
https://t.co/BXMI5qbwoL

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I love, love, l o v e close ups of my work. I love getting up close and personal with other people’s work (as much as the museums permit 😝). The texture, the brushstrokes, the individual colors and marks. It’s all a feast for my eyes. I can’t get eno… https://t.co/1LI38XBUg0

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been a while since I drew his char.
it's messy, but I liked to use broad and quick brushstrokes for this doodle :D

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