Finding inspiration in historic portrait paintings 🌺 Symbolism & Vanitas

In this video I'll show you how I find inspiration from old historic portrait paintings from the 17th and 18th century. While painting I'll talk a little bit about the symbolism behind it and the 'Vanitas' movement. You can draw a lot of inspiration from old historic paintings, if you know where to look.

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❤️ Love,

Simone

📖 Books:
- Sorolla - The masterworks
- Leonardo - Taschen
- Sargent, Portraits of Artists and Friends
- Impressionism - Taschen
- Monet - The Triumph of Impressionism - Taschen
- Monet - Taschen
- Rococo Revival Renoir - Städel Museum

🎨Art supplies
- Arches Aquarelle Watercolor Grain Fin
- Winsor & Newton, Drawing & sketching paper
- Caran d’ache Genève pencils
- Faber-Castell Polychromos
- HIMI Gouache
- Royal Talens canvas board
- Gessobord painting panel
- Cobra Study oil paint
- Van Gogh oil paint
- Van Gogh watercolors
- MABEF - Table easel
- Royal Talent - Gesso primer