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Get Inspired: Marcello Barenghi

Aakash Pandya

Marcello Barenghi puts the best cameras to shame with his hyper realistic artwork

Italian Artist, Marcello Barenghi creates photo real drawings of everyday objects. He mixes oil paints, sketching, spray painting and much more to bring common objects to life in his artwork. Have a look at his awesome artwork:

Check out his reproductions of paintings.
I have been called “The hyper-realist artist of the common things in the era of YouTube“, Potentially I am fascinated by everything, I am used to look at an object taking into account its reflections, the lights, the shadows, its colors and shape. Every single object has its own beauty, also an empty bag of potato chips.
 
My drawings are not perfect, I’m never happy with the result, I often get angry because I can see a lot of flaws that I always hope to correct in the next work. However, limitations and imperfections represent the style and anyone who has a keen eye will always identify my drawings, without the need to look at the signature.

The work

Have a look at some of the awesome timelapse videos that Marcello Barenghi has created of his work.

The Process

Here’s an example of how Marcello Barenghi creates an illustration. In this simple guide he teaches us how to  draw an apple.
1) I draw the apple on a light sheet that is not definitive one. When the edge is ready, I transfer it on the final sheet (F4 smooth) with the help of the graphite paper. In this way I avoid drawing too many lines on the paper and the inevitable fingerprints, stains and traces of graphite eraser.
2) I stick the special airbrush masking film on the entire paper, then the masking film can be carefully cutted long the edges of the apple with a cutter.
3) When done, I can unmask the entire
4) Now I can start with airbrush to get the desired hue background.

5) I cover the apple and I unmask the background covered, so I can airbrush the main shadows of my apple.
6) Now I got the illustration with its complete background hue.
7) I use an eraser pencil to create the base of the lights.
8) At this point I finish the drawing with colored pencils, creating ripples, grain and the petiole. I retouch the extreme lights with white acrylic paint, and I use the black one to paint the shadow lines.

In a nutshell this is the technique that I use for each illustration, from the simplest to the most complex. I hope this little tutorial will help you understand the gist of the process behind my work.

 

Check out work of his awesome work on his youtube channel.

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