Personally I love portraits, I have great admiration for those who can capture a person’s personality though portraiture, it is very much my cup of tea!
I have tried to paint and draw pictures of myself, some drawings have been ok, some technical skill has shown its self, but its my painting of myself I quiet like. They are more basic than a photo realist paintings (that I like).
The first painting I like, It has my painting style and my personality has come through. the colours are great and the messy painting style is very expressive. It is abit of an evolution of my work bringing figurative to abstract. I feel like it is a successful painting.
The second painting of the close up of my eyes and nose. I don’t like, it doesn’t look right to me. The skin’s tone looks sunburnt, and the nose looks lumpy. Saying that though there are things I like about it the eye colour looks great the shape of the eyes also look pleasing. To improve this painting I will give the face a paler skin tone and rework the nose.
