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How to paint a self portrait by beauty11

"I'm actually a portrait artist, so this came very easy to me. Howerver, it is, thus far, my favorite piece I have ever painted."

How I did it:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      "Reflection" is a 16" x 20" canvas.
Medium used: Oil

Lessons & tips: You're alive, DO something!

Resources: Imagination alone. It IS your strongest asset.


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How I did it: Look at your face, map out everything, it's all about relationships from one thing to the next! Patience!I looked at the shape of my face and then measured out my forehead and mapped out my eyes then the distance to my nose my lips to my chin. Constant track of relationships. Read how I did it…

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    seeliyon

    Getting going :) 7 months ago

    Well, I think I’m definitely going to do this. One of the major fears I have is feeling like I’m not very attractive, and kind of being in denial in some ways about how I look. I’m biting the bullet and diving right in though.

    I signed up for Painting and Drawing, a course at my school and one of our projects will be to paint a self portrait eventually. I’ve started doing preliminary sketches already, and spent a lot of time studying the features on my face and considering the undertones in my skin.

    So far so good :) Tackling the actual portrait will be a different matter, but I know I can do it.

    Apr 12, 11:42AM PDT | 0 comments


    Tabetha Smelser wants to move!!! :D

    2009 Rez 10 months ago

    Yup, this is something I want to do this year. Can’t wait to get it done!

    Jan 08, 2009, 01:30PM PST | 0 comments


    razzHeme13 wahhhhh

    finished 13 months ago

    Yay!

    Sep 27, 2008, 01:35AM PDT | 1 cheer | 0 comments


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    wip 3 13 months ago

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    razzHeme13 wahhhhh

    Untitled 13 months ago

    I remembered to bring up my paints, so I might be able to work on my painting. Or, at least, whenever I have the time between papers and projects. T_T

    Sep 21, 2008, 06:15PM PDT | 0 comments


    razzHeme13 wahhhhh

    Untitled 14 months ago

    I have it drawn up on the canvas. Now, I just have to wait till I can get home and bring my paints up. lol.

    Sep 09, 2008, 12:31AM PDT | 0 comments


    7182

    Found some inspiration to do another one 14 months ago

    And I really enjoyed it this time as well. The hardest part is to be brave enough to try something new. This time I at least tried.

    Aug 30, 2008, 01:57PM PDT | 7 cheers | 6 comments


    Funnybubbles3 is tired and inspired

    it was enlightening 17 months ago

    it started off as an embodiment but i made it into a self portrait. i was suprised as to how i came out

    May 28, 2008, 09:56AM PDT | 0 comments


    davehearn Portrait of Uncle Thermostat

    I've drawn a bunch of self-portraits but I've never painted myself. 17 months ago

    When it happens, it’ll be in oil. Painting with oils takes over your life. There is no way to do it cleanly or inobtrusively. The smell of the paint, the medium (I use Liquin) and the thinner permeates your body and follows you to work, home and bed. I invariably end up with permanent smudges on my nose and in my hair.

    I love it.

    Don’t know WHY I love it. For me, painting has never been relaxing. Ever. The product of my painting is a series of failures and compromises.

    I still love it, though.

    As far as painting a self-portrait, in a very vain way, I want everything I mentioned above to be about ME. Now, this isn’t becuase I feel I deserve the attention or that I have any illusions about my own importance. To paint a self-portrait you have to LOOK at yourself. Really look. I want introspection to take over my life for a while and take a good, hard, honest LOOK at myself.

    May 27, 2008, 10:26AM PDT | 3 cheers | 3 comments


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