I don't know... To be honest, I won't fully believe it until it's right in front of me. Now, I know nothing about airbrushing, but even with works done with airbrushing, there's a sense that 'Yes, this is a painting, and not a photograph'. Even with photorealistic works, something hints at how much time and patience the artist took to get that far. And the more I look at it, the more it seems amiss. In classical painting with a brush, it's recommended that for portraits you fill the entire canvas with one neutral tone so you can compare it to the light and dark areas on the figure, and make it easier to fill in. Here, it's just blotches of colour that slowly fill in to make a face. Photograph or not, I'm not completely convinced.
To be honest, I won't fully believe it until it's right in front of me.
Now, I know nothing about airbrushing, but even with works done with airbrushing, there's a sense that 'Yes, this is a painting, and not a photograph'. Even with photorealistic works, something hints at how much time and patience the artist took to get that far.
And the more I look at it, the more it seems amiss. In classical painting with a brush, it's recommended that for portraits you fill the entire canvas with one neutral tone so you can compare it to the light and dark areas on the figure, and make it easier to fill in. Here, it's just blotches of colour that slowly fill in to make a face. Photograph or not, I'm not completely convinced.