Wilshire@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoKing Charles portrait turned into Wallace and Gromit character by animal activistsinews.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square35fedilinkarrow-up1305arrow-down113
arrow-up1292arrow-down1external-linkKing Charles portrait turned into Wallace and Gromit character by animal activistsinews.co.ukWilshire@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square35fedilink
minus-squareRizzRustbolt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·2 months agoHe’s pretty famous for making portraits. Here’s his portrait of Idris Elba.
minus-squareFuglyDuck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 months agoSee, that isn’t ugly. Which makes me think it was on purpose. Which makes me hate it a little less.
minus-squareRizzRustbolt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 months agoHe has a lot of upper class clients who he paints just as … starkly as the king’s portrait. It is very much on purpose.
minus-squareAviandelight @lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down4·2 months agoNow that is a gorgeous balance of color and brush strokes. So why did the artist choose that awful color theme for Charles?
He’s pretty famous for making portraits. Here’s his portrait of Idris Elba.
See, that isn’t ugly.
Which makes me think it was on purpose. Which makes me hate it a little less.
He has a lot of upper class clients who he paints just as … starkly as the king’s portrait.
It is very much on purpose.
Now that is a gorgeous balance of color and brush strokes. So why did the artist choose that awful color theme for Charles?