Self portrait Week 15

Vincent Van Gough self portrait 1889 438.2 x 571.5 cm painting. This particular picture gave me inspiration mainly because he is such an amazing artist in my eyes. I love his technique because the painting is so different. The different colors of the brush strokes is amazing. This inspires me to try something different with my artwork. (National gallery of Art, Washington D.C)


Self Portrait with Death Playing the Fiddle painting ( Arnold Bocklin) 1872 National Museum in Berlin 600X743
I chose this as my second inspirational piece for my self portrait because It is so detailed in the self portrait. I think it symbolizes more than we can interpret ourselves. The fact that there is death behind him must mean something based on what he is feeling. I think the detail in his own face is so incredible and must have been very hard to do especially when it is his own face.


Gerhard Richter self Portrait "The Desperate Man" 1843-1845 Oil painting.
This piece inspired me because of the incredible detail in the artwork. I think the look on his face says it all with the title. I think my self portrait should look like this because a lot of the time that I the expression on my face. It looks as if he took a photograph of himself. It would be nice to be able to be as talented as this artist but for now he is a great inspiration.

2.) I chose pencil and charcoal for my self portrait because for me it is the easiest to work with and easy for my to fix my mistakes. I am not the greatest artist so this was the easiest media to use. I also used a little bit of colored pencil for a different look and to add a bit of color. I also love colored pencil to make the artwork pop a little.

3.)The greatest challenge was the small detail because actually seeing myself is a lot different than how I imagine myself. Sometimes it is hard to recognize myself, so actually drawing a self portrait is extremely hard. I am not good with human features such as eyes, nose, and mouth. To overcome this I had to redo a few details over and over, but I kept my photograph right next to me to help over come this issue.

4) My picture of myself represents me because I don't like to smile. I honestly don't know why, I just never really do. I like to hide behind my glasses because I am a shy girl. I think this picture represents me and I happened to capture the perfect picture of myself as a person, and created into artwork.

5.) In this artwork I used balance. Not only in the type of media, colored pencils and pencil, but also balance to make sure everything was even. I used proportion when it came to making sure my features were proportion to my whole face. I don't want to give myself a huge nose that I actually don't have! I also used a bit of color. Natural color to make it more realistic.

6.) I did enjoy this project because it gave me a sense of my own features and my own self portrait. It was different and difficult to draw myself but I enjoyed it and had a good time working on it. I am not the best artist but this helped me help myself improve on my artwork.

7.) I think my final work is okay for me. I worked hard on it and it may not be as good as I hoped, but for the long amount of time and effort I put into this, I think it turned out alright. I think sitting down and throwing some music on and drawing makes the time go by quickly and before I knew it I got so into the drawing and was finished. I think it was a satisfying project.