I came up with this picture when Ms. Rossi said we had to have dramatic lighting and shadows, when she said that my first reaction was to go into my parents closet in the afternoon because I Know the sun shines a lot through there. I was playing around with the lighting and shadow of the window and this is what I ended up getting. The picture was originally in color and I ended up switching it to monochromatic cause I liked the way it looked. For this piece I didn't do any sketching, I didn't do any sketching because of the amount of time we had and because I decided to grid this piece since I've never done a self portrait. Some obstacles I faced, well there was a lot, I've never really done a portrait the correct way, in art 2 I did a portrait but I didn't know how to draw a portrait so it was more of a practice than anything. I'd say the thing I struggled with most was the face. I don't know how to draw a face so I was suppose to grid it but it still wasn't correct, thats why in the pictures I have and I and then I had to redo it cause it wasn't proportional. At first I didn't know where to start with the hair and then I color blocked it and it ended up looking how I want it and I liked the purple highlights I think it makes the piece stand out and gives a different vibe rather than just normal black and white. Some success I had, I didn't have any at first, but now I like the piece, I'd say the hair, skin, and necklace was successful. I've grown a lot since my first portrait you can look back at art 2 and its pretty horrific, the proportions aren't correct and I didn't know how to draw anything, so I'd say I've improved a lot. How I could improve more is practice drawing faces so that I know how to when doing portraiture. This has inspired me to learn more about portraits. Im also in drawing class right now and were about to start portraits, so I'm looking forward to that and then I'll know how to draw everything correctly. If I were to do anything different it would be drawing a better outline of the face before I start actually painting.
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January 2018
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