
The 39-year-old from Todi, central Italy, first began to hone his skills by restoring paintings at the church of San Francesco a Ripa in Rome. (Roberto Bernardi/Caters)
Italian artist, Roberto Bernard uses oil on canvas techniques to paint his incredible hyper-realistic paintings.
Hyper-realistic painting looks like a photograph and the artist must make sure to paint all the little details so that the painting looks real.
Roberto Bernard spend up to one month to finish a painting.
In 2012, I wrote a post about a Netherlands, Tjalf Spaarnay who paints life-like picture of food.
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- The 39-year-old from Todi, central Italy, first began to hone his skills by restoring paintings at the church of San Francesco a Ripa in Rome. (Roberto Bernardi/Caters)
- Roberto Bernadi’s work can fetch between £12,000 to £76,000 and is sold through the Bernarducci.Meisel.Gallery in New York, United States. (Roberto Bernardi/Caters)
- The talented artist can make even the most prosaic objects look beautiful. He said: “I can find inspiration from anything – I may see a scene that catches my attention anywhere and either photograph that scene or take the essence of that scene and create a totally new composition.” (Roberto Bernardi/Caters)
- Good enough to eat! “I normally focus on subjects considered banal, like the inside of a fridge, a washing-up machine, the inside of a sweet machine or simply sweets themselves,” said Roberto (Roberto Bernardi/Caters)
- Everything in the kitchen sink?: Roberto Bernadi spends up to a month perfecting every minute detail. “I like to portray them from an interesting point of view that reveals how interesting they actually are. I don’t know why but for me art is about stealing moments of everyday life and this is where I find my inspiration.” (Roberto Bernadi/ Caters)
- Photoshop trickery? No, says Roberto, who uses traditional oil painting techniques to produce the realistic paintings. (Roberto Bernardi/Caters)
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