Haunted paintings

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We only come out at night

Today's tutorial is a very quick and easy ghostly figure for you to try. Although it's very simple it will give you practice on how to use washes of...

Ghosts, acrylic on board

A ghostly figure, shrouded in white, stands in a dark room. The ghost's face is obscured by the fabric, but two dark eyes peer out. The ghost holds a lit candle, its flame casting a warm glow on the figure's hands and the surrounding darkness. The painting evokes a sense of mystery and the supernatural.

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In Hamlet, the ghost is a symbol of Hamlet's father who is killed by Claudius. Gertrude, however, cannot see the Ghost, and thinks Hamlet is mad, asking why he stares and talks to nothing. In this scene, the Ghost is described as being in his nightgown. He is never mentioned again. Horatio admits that he is shaken. He says that if he hadn't seen the ghost with his own two eyes, he wouldn't have believed it. He is mesmerized and perturbed by how much the ghost looks like the king—even down to…