PAINTING - acetate portrait

ARTIST MODEL- Sam Mitchell

Sam Mitchell graduated from Elam school of fine art. She has been exhibiting widely throughout New Zealand, Australia, New York. Her works is represented in private collections in New Zealand, Cairo, Australia, U.S.A, France.

PROCESS

  • Work's on Perspex [plexiglass/clear plastic]

  • Has to work in reverse – outlines and fine details are painted first then large areas of colour on top

  • Work is easily identifiable by the use of images, patterning and signature blue faces

focus task

This is a two part process to create our acetate portraits using elements of Sam Mitchell's work to inspire us. Part 1 is the acetate portrait and Part 2 is the acrylic paint background.

PART 1 - acetate portrait

  1. Trace all the contour lines from your selfie [face and shoulders] using a permanent marker. Add your name along the bottom. Tip: If you make a mistake, use a whiteboard marker and tissue to remove it

  2. Add more details or pattern to the hair [refer to Sam Mitchell artworks for patterns [Miss O’Grady has many you can trace as well]

  3. Photocopy your transparency to plan your painting. Use colour pencils to add colour in your photocopy..

    • If your background is warm colours – your face will be cool colours and Vice versa

    • Your skin and background will not be painted

    • Your Hair will be painted with metallic if you have added pattern. If not it will be painted a block colour

PAINTING THE ACETATE. *you paint on the BACK of the acetate!!

  • You MUST start with highlights such as eyes & lips and reflections in glasses.

  • Use metallic paint in the hair - you may need to do a couple of coats of paint

  • Paint your lips lighter colour first then darker over the top

  • Then add blocks of colours in areas such as shirt/hair/glasses. You can blend colours within these areas or have them quite solid.

View from the front

view from the back

when placed on painted background

PART 2 - background

Tha background is experimental process to build layers, texture and patterns using acrylic paint and stencils.