Portrait painting is a genre in painting, where the intent is to depict a human subject. The term 'portrait painting' can also describe the actual painted portrait. Portraitists may create their work by commission, for public and private persons, or they may be inspired by admiration or affection...

In last month's blog post, we explored why Nepalese artist NB Gurung favours watercolour as his preferred medium. It transpires that NB finds his skills are best put to use whilst painting in watercolour but he also LOVES to paint using acrylic. Many of the paintings...