A project that was challenging yet successful was my self portrait. When I was brainstorming I was thinking of all of the non basic selfies I have taken and trying to find them in my camera roll. I had a few favorite and I let Mrs. Rossi choose from the ten I had printed out. I had already done a self portrait but in prisma's for Independent Study, so I felt slightly confident going into this project. I had to pick three of the selfies that Mrs. Rossi liked to do two colored sketches for each. I put in the most effort I had ever put in for this project, especially with the sketches. After I drew too many faces that did not look like me it was time to pick. As you can see from the reference photo I choose that one. It looked the easiest, and Art 4 is all about speed and not what I want to do. I had to print out the picture and grid it as well as gridding my canvas. I then had to start. This was the most difficult painting I had ever done, and Mrs. Rossi wanted it done in less than two weeks. I was already screwed with time restraints- like all projects- so I did not start with the face. I had no problem with the hair and the car. It did take me some time to figure out what I was going to do with the windows. Ultimately I did not have time or the mental sanity to do anything more than a blue sky. The challenges all started to happen when I painted the face. I could not get my face color correct or make enough of it. The eyes were kind of easy after I got them the right size. The eyelids were a disaster when I tried to paint on the eyelashes; it made me wish I didn't have eyelashes, since I had to redo them three times each. As you can tell the face was easy and hard throughout the whole process. The lips were the first feature I finished. I was surprised that I got the lip color right on the first try. The nose and he shading were the hardest part by far. The contrast in the picture is very apparent as well as how it has a filter, so I tried to get rid of it as naturally as possible. I also wanted to look my age. I worked long and hard, for around seven whole hours on the face all at once. I know some of it looks ratchet, but this is the piece I am most proud of.
would get an A on this project. I do want to put this in my art portfolio because I think It looks dumb and does not go with the rest of my art portfolio. I am sorry but Mrs. Rossi cannot make me put in my breath if I don't want it to because I am submitting it not her. Yes I hate this piece that much that I DO NOT WANT IT IN MY PORTFOLIO.
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