Title: Me but Worse
Size: 30.48 cm x 30.48 cm Medium: Painting Completion: February 2021 Exhibition Text For Project 1, I've done the Self Portrait project. The portrait has a small bit of Realism and Expressionism. The portrait shows me with a light blue clothing smiling with a grey background. I wanted my piece to have a similarity to my inspiration Pablo Picasso. |
Pablo Picasso
The Inspiration I chose for my piece is the famous cubism painter, Pablo Picasso He was born in, Malaga, Spain on October 1881, he is best known for his Cubism paintings. In his early, Picasso showed a passion from drawing and by the age of 7, he was trained in figure drawing and oil painting from his father. Although he admire the artwork of the artists, El Greco and Caravaggio, what inspired Picasso to paint was from 2 impressionist painters, Heri Rousseau and Paul Cezanne and because of that, Picasso was inspired to paint tons of different artwork, in fact he was the first to paint a cubism painting, his most famous cubist painting is the Les Demoiselles d'Avignon and Guernica, he also painted a self portraits like Autoportrait à la palette which is french for, "Self Portrait with Pallet self painting."
The Inspiration I chose for my piece is the famous cubism painter, Pablo Picasso He was born in, Malaga, Spain on October 1881, he is best known for his Cubism paintings. In his early, Picasso showed a passion from drawing and by the age of 7, he was trained in figure drawing and oil painting from his father. Although he admire the artwork of the artists, El Greco and Caravaggio, what inspired Picasso to paint was from 2 impressionist painters, Heri Rousseau and Paul Cezanne and because of that, Picasso was inspired to paint tons of different artwork, in fact he was the first to paint a cubism painting, his most famous cubist painting is the Les Demoiselles d'Avignon and Guernica, he also painted a self portraits like Autoportrait à la palette which is french for, "Self Portrait with Pallet self painting."
The Process
Refection
What was so challenging about this self portrait was mainly my skin, whenever I would try to mix red, blue. and yellow together to get that perfect brown color for my skin then add a bit of orange and white, I would always make a mistake whether I would put to much or not enough of red, blue, yellow, white, and orange. What made it frustrating the most about it was not that getting the correct brown for it, but wasting so much paint because I could've saved more on paint but I kept wasting it over getting the right brown for my skin. Another thing was challenging about my face was painting the features on my face includes my nose, mouth, eyes, ears, and eyebrows. Those were challenging because I had to be careful not to mess up using black paint, I was also shaking so much while doing this which made it more challenging for. Other then that this was a smooth assignment to do, what I wish I could've done differently is fix the lips and making it more realistic.
What was so challenging about this self portrait was mainly my skin, whenever I would try to mix red, blue. and yellow together to get that perfect brown color for my skin then add a bit of orange and white, I would always make a mistake whether I would put to much or not enough of red, blue, yellow, white, and orange. What made it frustrating the most about it was not that getting the correct brown for it, but wasting so much paint because I could've saved more on paint but I kept wasting it over getting the right brown for my skin. Another thing was challenging about my face was painting the features on my face includes my nose, mouth, eyes, ears, and eyebrows. Those were challenging because I had to be careful not to mess up using black paint, I was also shaking so much while doing this which made it more challenging for. Other then that this was a smooth assignment to do, what I wish I could've done differently is fix the lips and making it more realistic.
Compare & Contrast
Similarities
What I notice similar to both out self portraits is that our background sort of have the same color, even though his painting is dark grey but mine is light, it still is grey. Differences One thing I notice about both our self portraits is mainly the detailing, Picasso's clothes he wears in the painting, you can see where and how big his arms is, the wrinkles and shadows on his shirt and a bit of his pants too, his serious face shows a lot more such as eyes, nose, mouth, ears, and eyebrows. You can see the shadows on the bottom of his neck and on the side of his right cheek while my happy face shows less details then his, my shirt doesn't show my arms, there isn't shadow anywhere on my face or neck and my eyes, mouth, and ears are a bit cricked. |
Bibliography
- Pablo Picasso and his paintings, Pablo Picasso: 150 Famous Paintings, Bio & Quotes by Picasso Retrieved February 9, 2021 from https://www.pablopicasso.org/ - Pablo Picasso (2019) Biography.com Retrieved: February 10, 2021 https://www.biography.com/artist/pablo-picasso#:~:text=Pablo%20Picasso%20was%20one%20of,art%20movement%20known%20as%20Cubism. |
ACT Response
Clearly explain how you are able to identify the cause- effect relationship between your inspiration and its effect on your artwork? I chose Picasso for my inspiration is because I wanted my self portrait to have similarities to his however my work compared to his isn't that bad but I do wish I could've done better What is the overall approach the author has regarding the topic of your inspiration? Picasso overall approach in his art is using Cubism using structure of objects in the paintings making them more realistic. What is the central idea or theme around your inspirational research? The central idea or theme in my inspirational research was to have my self portrait a mix of Cubism and Realism. What kind of (conclusions reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning) did you make while reading your research? As I researching on Picasso, I got to learn the artworks and the artists that inspired him to paint especially from Cezanne. |