Daria Callie

Painter

Birth Year 1990

Birthplace Portugal

#239,137 Most Popular

About

Oil painter known for her hyper-realistic portrait painting and tutorial-based YouTube channel that has amassed over 850,000 followers. She regularly posts tutorials on painting, mixing colors, and other art-related videos. Her time-lapse paintings are always incredibly popular. 

Before Fame

Her style of painting is referred to as Alla Prima which is also referred to as the "wet on wet" technique or "direct painting which is a type of painting that takes expert-level planning and precision because it requires the artist to complete the piece in one setting with the colors mixed prior to starting. Her degree is actually in Architecture, but she switched focus to painting with oils after developing a love for the art and a following online. 

Trivia

She describes her style as "where realism and abstraction coexist." She reports first painting when she was 5 years old. 

Family Life

She was born in Eastern Europe in the 1990s but currently resides in The Netherlands. She has a cat who frequently disrupts her work in the usual nature of cats. 

Associated With

A fan of audiobooks, she discussed being a fan of the book "The Artist's Way," by author and journalist Julia Cameron