PostsCommentspaolobeneforti in #hive-158694 • 2 days agoBack into watercolorIn the last few days I worked again with my watercolor, trying to practice again this technique into more detailed painting. This first try is just a realistic portrait - not…paolobeneforti in #hive-158694 • 6 days agoSome other old artworks of mine about booksBooks and readers have always been part of my art. I strongly promote knowledge, in my imagination. Characters and backgrounds of my artworks are often about reading and…paolobeneforti in #hive-158694 • 10 days agoWhat are artists in the world for?There are many ways to be an artist, just as there are many different kinds of art. My personal way to be an artist - or what I like to think about it - is mostly trying to put…paolobeneforti in #hive-158694 • 12 days agoSome artworks from 30+ years agoHere are some artworks from my archive, from the beginning of my career as an artist. I made very different art then. (Well, I make different art from the one I made 10 years…paolobeneforti in #hive-158694 • 15 days agoAn old figurine restoredI made this sculpture, back in the 90s, out of a splinter of green marble (called "serpentino" in Italian). It is a thin figure in a tunic, windblown. Unfortunately the figurine…paolobeneforti in #hive-158694 • 18 days agoMore fun with AII used again Pollo to generate videos from my artworks. It is just for fun. The free option of that AI website is not very smart: it often doesn't understand what it is doing.…paolobeneforti in #hive-158694 • 20 days agoSome new sketchesAfter an exhibition one has to start again. Well, January is not the best moment in the year for starting over. So I'm making random drawings and sketches. I have also a couple…paolobeneforti in #hive-158694 • 29 days ago"Away". A new little oil painting.Here is my new oil painting, a 30x20 cm canvas a titled "Away". It is a painting, yes, but actually it looks like a drawing. In the meanwhile I listed my clay mask (oil painted) onpaolobeneforti in #hive-158694 • last monthBack to sculpture - mostlyMy new artwork (my exhibition closed a few days ago with a good result and some sales) - my new artwork, I was saying, is a sculpture with a oil painting on it. It comes from my…paolobeneforti in #hive-158694 • 2 months agoSome AI animation from my art - Just for funI used the free feature on Pollo.ai to get some short animations from my paintings. It's just for fun, you know. paolobeneforti in #hive-158694 • 2 months agoHappy New Year and a new paintingHello, Hive friends. I've not posted anything in the last 2 weeks - all the Christmas stuff and my exhibition running, you know. My art will be on display for another week and it…paolobeneforti in #hive-158694 • 2 months agoWell, actually I made another painting before the opening ;)Yes, in fact I finished another little painting and started two more. But this - the one I'm showing to you now - is the last one that will be in the new exhibition. You need to…paolobeneforti in #hive-158694 • 3 months agoLast painting before my next personal exhibitionHere it is. "The destination". Another little oil on canvas painting (40x30 cm) with a forest in it. My exhibition will open on December 14 and will stay till January 7, I thipaolobeneforti in #hive-158694 • 3 months ago"Life in the park", another little oil paintingA new painting from my little-oil-on-canvas series. I will show all of these little paintings in a solo exhibition, here in my town in Italy, from December 14. Below, the previous stepspaolobeneforti in #hive-158694 • 3 months agoMy new oil painting: The attackI will make a little exhibition in december with all my new paintings. This is the catalogue on Amazon . Here is the last of my new oil paintings: The attack. Pirates and…paolobeneforti in #hive-158694 • 3 months agoAnd here is another very detailed, little oil painting from meThe new oil-on-canvas painting I just finished is "The big dog" and it is again in a forest background. Detail , oil on canvas, of my recent series. I call it "A book in the woods". Previous steps ![1729612755420.jpg](paolobeneforti in #hive-158694 • 4 months agoThird oil painting of the new series: Buen retiroAnother detailed oil painting with trees. One big tree, actually. Previous steps: ![1729158342215.jpg](