Double face drawing
describe my progress: This drawing was a little simple and quite fun to draw. The hard part was drawing the oval like shape of the face and diving it into two faces. It was fun drawing a cartoony self portrait.
Contour outline of self-portrait photograph
describe my progress: The outline was very simple and satisfying at the same time. I just had to try to make my portarit look like a real peron and not to cartoony
Carbon copy of contour outline
describe my progress: This process was similar to the contour outline of self portrait the carbon copy was exactly like my outline. I had to outline again for this carbon copy and it felt easy as I was doing it the second time.
Positive and negative design of self-portrait
describe my progress: I had to use a marker not only to trace my carbon copy of contour outline, but I had to colour some white spots. I learned that I had to handle the marker differently from the pen due to its ink.
Product after silkscreen printing
describe my progress: I had to go to the dark room to go through and extensive process of silkscreen printing. It was tough as the dark room was very hot and I was nervous as I kept on worrying my print would be unsuccessful. I felt proud when i saw my print successfully completed when i took it out of the dark room.
Van Gogh inspired drawing
describe my progress: I got inspiration from Vincent Van Gogh's self portrait background and I used pencil to do a light sketch before painting.
Painting of self portrait with almost done Van Gogh inspired background and half done face
describe my progress: I had to mix primary colours of paint and do many trail and error to get the perfect colour for the background and the left face. It was a challenge to paint the correct texture and I feel the colour was not bad but the texture could be improved.
Painting of self portrait with fully done back ground and half done face
describe my progress: To finish of my background, I did last touches to blend in the background colours and to ensure the paint is spread evenly.
Finished self portrait with Van Gogh inspired background
describe my progress: Once I finished my background, my next task was to finish my painting my face and neck. I wanted to make the two faces have different but similar colour as well as the neck. I blended colours to get a similar colour to skin and added some colours to change them.
Finished self portrait with Van Gogh inspired background and fully outlined face
describe my progress: After I finished all the painting, I used a marker to outline my face, neck and body. I tried to make the details more visible.
First print
describe my progress: To print, i poured black ink over my silkscreen printing. I had to ask my friend to help me secure my silkscreen while I poured the ink. I then spread the ink evenly across the silkscreen printing. It was so enjoyable and satisfying. When i was confident with the spreading of ink, I pressed the silkscreen printing on a piece of paper to get the print.
Artist Reference: Leonardo Da Vinci (1454-1513)
Year:1454-1513
Style: High Renaissance
Genre: Self portrait
Media: Chalk, paper
Location: Palazzo Reale di Torino, Turin, Italy
Source: https://www.wikiart.org/en/leonardo-da-vinci/portrait-of-a-bearded-man-possibly-a-self-portrait
What is striking to you about this artist's self-portrait?
What do you think the artist is trying to portray?
How do you think you can adapt this work into your self-portrait?
What I see :I see a portrait of Leonardo Da Vinci . He has long hair and a long wavy beard which flows over his shoulders. Leonardo Da Vinci has a very curvy nose and there are deep grooves on his face coming down from his nose to his mouth. The background of the portrait is red with a chalk like texture. It is like a three quarter view of Leonardo Da Vinci.
What I think the artist is trying to portray :
The artist is trying to portray his very old age and his sorrow and sadness. He is in this state because his time in the world is about to come to an end and he depressingly and fearfully awaits the moment.
How do I want to adapt this style into my self-portrait: I would want to adapt by adding in really realistic details in my portrait to make it seem very realistic and not cartoony I want to add some colours to my portrait and a background.
SEE
(Describe what you see)
THINK
(Analyse & Interpret)
WONDER
(Develop Curiosity)
I see a portrait in red of Leonardo Da Vinci . He has very long curly hair and a long wavy beard that covers his neck. The portrait is a tree quarter view of Leonardo Da Vinci. He has deep groves on his face coming down from his nose to his mouth. The background seems to be coloured with red chalk with many tones of red.
I think that Leonardo Da Vinci is trying to portray his old age. He is trying to express his sorrow and sadness from the look of his face. Leonardo Da Vinci also seems to focus a lot of the texture like the texture of his face, nose, hair and beard. I think he made use of his blending skills for the background to make many different textures and tones of red. This portrait seems very empty, describing Da Vinci's feelings.
How did Leonardo Da Vinci make the background have so many texture and colour tones . Did he use other tools besides chalk to create this tone. Like did he use paint?
Did he use pencil to sketch before colouring with red chalk? Or did he just use the chalk to colour?
Why did Leonardo Da Vinci only use red?