Today I attempted a self-portrait. This is something I’ve had on “the list” for a long time. Given that this is my first attempt, and the first painting session on this one, I’m pretty happy with where this is. I expect I’ll revisit this several more times and I’ll repost when I do. I painted this from “life” if you can call a mirror “life”.
I began on a board tones with Red Iron Oxide and drew with a watered down mix of acrylic paint. I tried to just block in the shapes first.
Next, I painted in flesh tones and some grey to restate the shape of my glasses and begin my hair.
I further developed things with shadows and skin tones, made an attempt at the eyes, and blocked in the background.
I puttered further on the entire painting before this last photo. I can already see quite a few things I need to adjust next time I take up my brush. Cheers!
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