(SW5)+Self+Portrait+II

Studio Work # 5 **Self Portrait II**

**Media:** Paint on paper, **Size:** 45 × 60cm, **Month of completion:** March 2012

**Description:** This is a self portrait of my self having an extreme facial expression which is laughing out loud. I am being influenced by the fauvism movement and i decided to paint this painting with bright colors like the artists in the movement. This painting was a picture with the same colors exactly. The image was affected by the thermal effect. I chose to color it with the same colors on the thermal image because the colors were very bright and similar to Matisse's work.

**Analysis:** **What were the artistic and/or cultural influences for this project?** **Who/what influenced either the composition and/or the style.** I was being influenced by the fauvism movement that made me want to paint on the canvas with bright and unrealistic colors. Henri Mattise was still the artist that influenced me in this project. He was an artist who used acrylic and oil on canvas to paint very bright painting. I decided to use acrylic and create a self portrait of my self with very bright colors.

**What materials/media/processes did you use and or experiment with, and how?** The thermal camera also helped me in this project. It showed me how to paint my self in cool colors and it showed me the shadawos and the different shades i had to paint on my face. It was very helpful and i don't know what i could have done if i didn't have a ready image of my self in those colors.

**How do you think you have responded to advice and criticism during this project (and during the term), both from fellow students and the teacher. Did you actively seek advice? If so, was it useful?** My teacher helped me when she told me to research about thermal cameras and to know from where the warm colors appear. The warm colors appeared when heat is present in a picture. For example, the red on the left up corner was light in the room that i took the picture in it.That research was useful because i cant just paint things that i don't know what they were there for.

**Clearly explain the weaknesses/areas for improvement -** A weakness that i had during painting was blending the green and yellow on the right up corner. I put so many layers of yellow over the green to try to blend it with the green but i realized that the yellow paint was the lightest. Yellow was very yellow and a bit transparent, therefore i had hard time blending those two colors. Something i really don't like about this painting is the mouth. The mouth is too small for my face. I had to make sure the proportions were perfect to have a perfect self portrait.

**Clearly explain the strengths of the piece –** I really like the painting as a whole. I like that it looks like the real image and that the colors are painted in the same way. I like that it is obvious that that girl in the painting is me laughing. Something else that i did very well was having the shades of the background and the hair very close but very realistic.

**What could you take through to the next project and develop further? This could be anything, from a technique to an idea, not necessarily just the theme.** Something that i'll take from this project to the next one is painting in fauvist colors. I know that the next project is 3D so i have to think of an object to be painted in bright colors. In the following project, i want to make sure i have the right proportions to have a successful studio work.

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