Saturday, May 5, 2012

Week 15: Art Gallery Visit #3




Create a reflection journal on your Blog and answer the following questions:
1. Why did you select the inspiration pieces?
2. Why did you select the media to create your self-portrait?
3. What challenges did you face in creating your self-portrait and how did you overcome them?
4. How does this piece represent you?
5. What elements and principles of art did you apply in this work?
6. Did you enjoy working on this project?
7. What do you think of your final artwork?

When I began this project I wasn’t sure on what artist to get inspiration from so I decided to look for artist that are featured in Burchfield Penny Art Center and I found a number of people that had portraits that inspired me into how to make my own. The first artist I found was George William Eggers in the drawing called “Portrait of an Old Woman”. Another Artist I found interesting was Milton Rogovin his portrait was untitled but it shows a woman with a book in her hand and if you look at her face you see tons of emotion. Another artist I found interesting was Alexander O. Levy the portrait is titled unknown. All of these portraits helped me decide on the media to use in my own portrait. I chose pencil because many of the artists I saw used it and I feel like it’s one of the easiest things to use especially when drawing. One of the challenges I faced in creating my self portrait was drawing. I’m not a skilled artist that could make beautiful art pieces but in the end I ended up with a portrait I’m proud of so that’s all that matters. My portrait also has the colors and shape of everything that represents me which makes this portrait unique. One element that I applied to my art work was emotion. The portraits I picked showed tons of emotion and I wanted a picture of me to show the same. Overall, I enjoyed creating a portrait of myself and I’m happy with the result.
Portraits That I chose:



Picture of Me:

Drawing of Me:


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