realistic self portrait

segmented value strip

4" X 11"

graphite on drawing paper.

self portrait

11" X 14"

graphite on pastel paper

The main idea with my piece was to draw a self portrait of a printed image i had of myself. i put my paper into a graph and drew each box as i went. I was aloud to add color so i added protest signs about what's happening in america today. I also put that strip over my mouth as a protest as well.

For this piece, I used graphite, paint, water color, and black pens.