The girl and Herself

Lily Pauly, 2023

The girl and herself

11x14

Surrealism

My idea of this painting was to have this girl be looking down at her self in a bath of the space or galaxy.  And then have the girl that is outside of the bath be in the sky during the day. I had seen paintings similar before with the girl watching her self. First i started off by doing a plain background which i started with a tan background. I changed it to a blue because i realized i wanted to do a sky. Then i sketched out my bathtub and where the water would flow out, then the silhouette of the people. Once all that dried i did the people for the hair to make it look like it had texture i used different shades of brown, and made the face have definition. I used a small paint brush for the stars in the galaxy, and i just was being messy with the colors in the galaxy. The art work shows depersonalization, where the girl isn't living in the moment and is looking on to herself as if she is watching someone else. the most difficult part was the galexy it took me a while to do it, but i like how it turned out. I would make the girls look more realistic if i could start over. This art style is Surreal because the girl is taking a bath in a bath of a galexy and the other girl is looking over her in the sky. I think this is unique to my style becuase it shows my art style and how i like to paint surrealism. I love the clouds and the galexy.