Title: In Pieces
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ProcessExperimenting/Developing IdeasBefore getting right into working on my self portrait, I wanted to test on how to utilize a cubist technique.
PlanningTo start my self portrait, I had to take a picture of myself to work off of. At hand I had this program called paint.net (a little better than Microsoft Paint, but not was good as Photoshop) where I uploaded my chosen picture of myself and drew line on the face and upper body to create a more geometric look to me. Then I added in the inner lines in specific place so that I was fluent with my facial structure and shadowing that was happening in the picture. Then I used the color picker and took a color from inside each shape and then paint bucketed the shape so that it was all one color. found this technique very effective when creating a cubist look with the resources that I had.
SketchingI had taken my canvas home to work on it at home on my own time, I had to think of a different approach to outlining the canvas instead of using a projector and transparent paper to project the image onto the canvas and just copy it that way. Instead, I had to grid my canvas and the paper and copy box by box onto the canvas. It was a much more tedious process but it was the only option and it did the job.
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Art InspirationCubism and Pablo PicassoCubism breaks objects into a multiple of pieces that were to not actually cubes. It was that most influential visual art styles of the early twentieth century. It was created by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque in Paris between 1907 and 1914. It was one of the first true modern art movements to emerge in art. Cubism carved the way for geometric and abstract art by creating a new emphasis on the unity between the depicted scene in a picture. The use of cubism art explores the use of grid, its abstract system of signs, and its shallow space and the convinced foreshadowing .
References
Rewald, Sabine. "Cubism". In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/cube/hd_cube.htm (October 2004) "Portrait of Ambroise Vollard." WikiArt. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Dec. 2015. <http://www.wikiart.org/en/pablo-picasso/portrait-of-ambroise-vollard-1910?utm_source=returned&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=referral>. PaintingI used gesso as a base for my paint, then I painted on my background color. The background is a dim-grey variation of grey. From there all I needed to do was paint inside to lines by matching up the color on the picture I made. I needed colors to match my skin, hair and a bit of my shirt, and then minuet color variations with each part of me. I used mainly white, black, brown, blue, green, yellow and red to mix colors.
ReflectionPainting is not my favorite medium in art, but with this project and having less or a leash on what my options were for my self portrait, I was truly excited and determined to do this project and complete the final product. I struggled with having to deal with the acrylic paint drying up very fast, so I had to find a happy medium between the paint being think and not spread, and the paint being too wet and transparent.
Meaning
My self portrait shows off the different shades and shapes of my life and personality. How I am very diverse when it comes to relating, identifying and converse with many people. Now that I have embraced who I am I am able to show off my true colors for everyone and be the person I want to be inside and out.
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