Good day Lured Ones!
Today I want to give some insight into a portrait I did for my high school IB art class in 2007. I showed an image in a previous post about my visit to my old high school, but I did not explain. So here goes!
Around this
time I was learning the process of canvas making, and decided to make my
own canvas for the self portrait. The dimension requirement was pretty
large, so I decided to make it about life-sized. As you can see the
small top left image, Ms. Drum was helping me make the canvas, and
bottom left you can see how big the canvas is relative to me (I am 5
foot, 1 inch tall).
On
the right is my finished painting done in acrylics. The whole concept was that I am
sleeping, dreaming on a lily pad on the water. Initially I intended for
the water on the lower part of the canvas to have unclear dark images
that suggested a nightmare. I had trouble sleeping and often had scary
dreams that bore no clear meaning. The fog is suppose to be dense to
give a hazy and dream-like mood.
After
I finished, I spent some time observing the painting and I decided that
I could have done better around the stomach area. The fabric of the
shirt on the stomach is too straight and unreal. Also on the hand, the
ring finger is longer than the middle finger, which is highly inaccurate
>_< I've always had trouble with hands. Also, it was pretty unfortunate that someone took a pen on my painting on the
face area. I had stored it in the supply room, so there was no way to
figure out who. That's not too important because if I wanted to spend
some time fixing it up, I could cover it.
If I were to fix up this painting, what do you think I should change or do differently? Ideas are very much welcome and appreciated :)
Until next time, I hope your weekend is going fantabulously!
<3
