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UnexpectedValueException in Route.php line 639: Invalid route action: [App\Http\Controllers\PortfolioController]

Why am I getting this error. I created a PortfolioController. Then I made a route using this

Route::get('portfolio','PortfolioController');  
So in my controller page I made this. 
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use App\Http\Requests;
use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
class PortfolioController extends Controller
  //This only gets exectued when we request /portfolio/Paintings using GET
    public function getPaintings()
      return 'This RESTful controller is working!';
I get this error when typing in localhost/portfolio/paintings
From the look of your code, it looks like you're trying to setup an implicit controller route. You're close, but your route definition is a little off. You need to use controller instead of get:
Route::controller('portfolio','PortfolioController');
                Actually I am now getting : NotFoundHttpException in Controller.php line 269: Controller method not found.
– Tbaustin
                Oct 17, 2015 at 21:28
                I found the fix to that issue. I just had to install laravelcollective/html through composer, by  going to cmd prompt and typing in 'composer require laravelcollective/html'
– Tbaustin
                Oct 17, 2015 at 21:36
https://laravel.com/docs/5.3/upgrade#upgrade-5.3.0
The following features are deprecated in 5.2 and will be removed in the 5.3 release in June 2016:
Implicit controller routes using Route::controller have been deprecated. Please use explicit route registration in your routes file. This will likely be extracted into a package.
You must declare each endpoint now.
                Please add some explanation to your answer such that others can learn from it. To met, this looks like a duplicate of the answer given by Ryuujo
– Nico Haase
                Oct 19, 2020 at 6:00
You have to consume a function of the controller instead of using the whole controller class for one request. so laravel doesn't know which of your function to use. 
Try using PortfolioController@index. or Route::resource('yourroute','PortfolioController');
                Because the function of that Controller is just getPaintings, so I think to use PortofolioController@getPaintings
– Ryuujo
                Jan 9, 2019 at 7:16