Self Portraits

Inspiration Images:

Frida Kahlo

Self-Portrait with Monkey, 1938

Oil on Masonite

Vincent Van Gogh

Self Portrait, 1889

Oil on Canvas

Bess Norriss Tait

Self Portrait, 1909

Watercolor and Body color on Cardboard

My Photograph and Self Portrait:

1. For my inspiration pieces I choose those because I went to the Albright Knox Art Gallery and the self-portrait by Frida Kahlo was the only one they had and I liked it, the one by Van Gogh because I like his art, and also the one by Bess Norriss Tait because I like the way that her self portrait came out.

2. I decided to choose pencil on paper because I like the control of pencil and I also like how there's the option of erasing with pencil. I'm not 100% into drawing people, especially when its a self portrait.

3. For the self portrait, I faced the challenged of actually coming to the conclusion that it was finished. I was going to add more detail with the lines and shadowing that comes with making it seem more dimensional, but I didn't like the way it looked; it looked like it was aging me. I started to shade and add in more lines, but it was hard to see what they actually were and they didn't look right, so I erased them and decided that my self portrait was going to look like this and look a little more simple.

4. I think this look helps represent that I'm still growing and changing, and leaving it more simple gives me more room to grow.

5. For this piece, I used line which creates the whole image, value which can be seen with the different degrees of lightness and darkness that I created with the pencil, space which surrounds the image and which is also in the image itself separating different lines, symmetrical balance, and proportion because the elements are combined harmoniously and don't out weigh each other.

6. I did enjoy this project because whenever we have to go on an art gallery visit, I end up going with my grandma. but the creation of the self portrait was a little stressful because I really wanted it to look like the picture because I like the picture, but it is hard to draw a human, especially when it is yourself and you want it to be perfect.

7. I think my self portrait resembles the photo I took, but I do think that I should of added some pops of color like Bess Norriss Tait did because I do like the affect it has on the image. But overall, I can say that I am content with my self portrait.