Self Portrait
Exhibition Text
''Stern & Sorrow"
Arylic on Canvas
3ft x 3ft
December 3, 2016
This Self portrait was inspired and created by post impressionism movement and piece, and the central idea came from Vincent Van Gogh and his piece "Self Portrait", and his painting of himself helped me create my piece titled "Stern and Sorrow". This piece was made to reflect how my actions tell one thing but my emotions say another. So thats where the title come into play expressing how i may look angry but inside im sad. I uesd the raw emotion in Vincent Van Gogh piece to represent my feelings. I didn't think I would do something with my life and still do today and it's a fear I live with. This piece has a deeper meaning that is related to my personal life. It has connections with my past life and how i deal with my emotions. This piece was made by painting on a canvas with Arylic paint.
Arylic on Canvas
3ft x 3ft
December 3, 2016
This Self portrait was inspired and created by post impressionism movement and piece, and the central idea came from Vincent Van Gogh and his piece "Self Portrait", and his painting of himself helped me create my piece titled "Stern and Sorrow". This piece was made to reflect how my actions tell one thing but my emotions say another. So thats where the title come into play expressing how i may look angry but inside im sad. I uesd the raw emotion in Vincent Van Gogh piece to represent my feelings. I didn't think I would do something with my life and still do today and it's a fear I live with. This piece has a deeper meaning that is related to my personal life. It has connections with my past life and how i deal with my emotions. This piece was made by painting on a canvas with Arylic paint.
Artist Inspiration
Made this piece based on these artist inspirations with their movements Cubism, German Expressionism, & Post-Impressionism. So using the styles that I found from my inspirations I then made my piece based off of their art. Artist Vincent Van Gogh piece "Self-portrait" inspired me the most and I wanted to recreate his piece in my own perspective and meaning. Van Gogh was a post-impressionist painter that was known for his beauty, emotion and color, highly influenced 20th-century art. He struggled with mental illnesses and suffered to what they seem as depression. He remained poor and mainly unknown throughout his life. His "Self Portrait" is similar to my piece by how we show importance, just from looking at it. it shows the mixed bottled up and also expressed emotions that we have throughout our daily lives. How I tried to depict sorrow in my piece is by showing disbelief. I like to image it like I'm looking over the horizon. As I'm looking over the hill at the sunset I have doubt as for the expression on my face. Looking down on myself in relation to one of my artist inspirations Vincent Van Gogh and his piece reminded how you try to look tough and stay strong but inside your fragile and can be easily broken. A lot of people struggle with inner conflict and it can be hard to control your emotions.
Also in comparison to Vincent Van Gogh's piece, he looks like he is strained so to make my piece have similarities to one of my inspirations I made my piece to make me look strained as well. also with my tones and blends of color is one similar to Vincent Van Gogh's self-portrait as he used similar hues to create this piece as so did I. My piece represents Emotions and how we visually and mentally bottle them up and express them through our body language and facial expressions. As I was younger I would bottle up my emotions a lot and that's never good because you can't get it off your chest and get some closure from a friend a sibling or adult. You only cause self-harm when you bottle up your emotions. I wanted to have a lot of detail in my piece similar to my inspiration Fritz Schaefler, "Self-Portrait" and his fine amount of detail in his self-portrait in the German Expressionism style. In contrast with Pablo Picasso's piece "Self-Portrait," my piece is different due to the different position he is facing compared to mine and also the art style cubism to my post-impressionism piece. I did want to use Vincent Van Gogh's brush technique and the flow of his background but I didn't have the time to do it.
Also in comparison to Vincent Van Gogh's piece, he looks like he is strained so to make my piece have similarities to one of my inspirations I made my piece to make me look strained as well. also with my tones and blends of color is one similar to Vincent Van Gogh's self-portrait as he used similar hues to create this piece as so did I. My piece represents Emotions and how we visually and mentally bottle them up and express them through our body language and facial expressions. As I was younger I would bottle up my emotions a lot and that's never good because you can't get it off your chest and get some closure from a friend a sibling or adult. You only cause self-harm when you bottle up your emotions. I wanted to have a lot of detail in my piece similar to my inspiration Fritz Schaefler, "Self-Portrait" and his fine amount of detail in his self-portrait in the German Expressionism style. In contrast with Pablo Picasso's piece "Self-Portrait," my piece is different due to the different position he is facing compared to mine and also the art style cubism to my post-impressionism piece. I did want to use Vincent Van Gogh's brush technique and the flow of his background but I didn't have the time to do it.
Planning
Brainstorming/Planning Sketches
Brainstorming/Planning Sketches
I made 3 planning sketches that would help me base off my ideas to inspire me of what my finished piece will look like.
Materials ProcessFirst, i started to gather the materials that I would need for the structure and wooden frame of the 3 by 3-foot portrait canvas.
Painting Process
Then after the gesso was dry I applied my background color onto my canvas, using different shades and tones of blue and light blue. Then I used the projection method and outlined my face from the picture of me that was cast onto my canvas. After I was finished outlining out the structure of my face I then applied the paint towards my canvas. Once I did my base coating and basic colors of my face were finished with my whole face and body, I started working on details and started to blend my different tones of skin in the lights. Lastly worked on the highlights and saturation towards my piece. I used a pinkish tan as my skin tone and used that to creat all the other values and hues on my face.
The Meaning
Why is my piece called "Stern and Sorrow?" Throughout this portrait, I express what the meaning of this piece is. This piece symbolizes my emotions and how I express them. It shows the sadness I have inside me but showing anger to the public. I then made my piece based off of their art. Artist Vincent Van Gogh piece "Self-portrait" inspired me and His "Self Portrait" is similar to my piece by how we show importance, just from looking at it. it shows the mixed bottled up and also expressed emotions that we have throughout our daily lives. How I tried to depict sorrow in my piece is by showing disbelief. I like to image it like I'm looking over the horizon. As I'm looking over the hill at the sunset I have doubt as for the expression on my face. Looking down on myself in relation to one of my artist inspirations Vincent Van Gogh and his piece reminded how you try to look tough and stay strong but inside your fragile and can be easily broken. A lot of people struggle with inner conflict and it can be hard to control your emotions. Also in comparison to Vincent Van Gogh's piece, he looks like he is strained so to make my piece have similarities to one of my inspirations I made my piece to make me look strained as well. My piece represents a way we use Emotions and how we visually and mentally bottle them up and express them through our body language and facial expressions. As I was younger I would bottle up my emotions a lot and that's never good because you can't get it off your chest and get some closure from a friend a sibling or adult. You only cause self-harm when you bottle up your emotions. So always be open to someone dont eat away at yourself and hurt yourself even more.
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Experimentation
The finishing touches were me blending my skin tones with my highlight and darker areas in my face to capture the light beaming onto my face to recreate my image. I tried making different base skin tones to see which one fitted me the most. You can find this process in my Painting process slideshow. In the end found this peach pink skin tone that was very similar to the skin tone of my photo of me.
Collecting PhotosThese are what I made from my planning sketches and ti then used these photos to make my Self Portrait.
Reflection
Throughout the process of self-portrait, I've learned many things from encountering some difficulties. First when gesso the canvas, I had to do it three times due to me having too light of a coat. My friends then thought I didnt use gesso and white pain instead. I learned that it is better to lay the canvas on the ground so that it will not warp when it is drying. With the background, one thing I would change is to paint the background with the same texture and brush strokes as my inspiration van gogh. I am also bad at blending colors so I had gotten help by my teacher to show me how to and he helped me make textures. If I could redo this project I would then start earlier on that one because with this piece I would be more satasafied with my work if I wouldnt have of done it at the last moment. Due to me doing the poortrait at the last minute I only have a plain blue background. I will make it better later and I plan to reupload the final image of my piece with a good looking background. Looking at what my final product is I am satasfied from what I made in the time period i hade created for myself.
CritiqueVincent Van Gogh piece "Self-Portait" is like my piece by how we demonstrate significance, just from taking a gander at it. it demonstrates the blended suppressed furthermore communicated feelings that we have throughout our every day lives. How I attempted to portray sorrow in my piece is by demonstrating skepticism. I get a kick out of the chance to picture it like I'm investigating the horizon. As I'm investigating the slope at the dusk I have question with respect to the look all over. Looking down on myself in connection to one of my craftsman motivations Vincent Van Gogh and his piece reminded how you attempt to look extreme and remain solid yet inside your delicate and can be effortlessly broken. Many people battle with internal clash and it can be hard to control your emotions. Also in comparison to Vincent Van Gogh's piece, he appears as though he is strained so to make my piece have likenesses to one of my inspirations I made my piece to make me look strained too. likewise with my tones and mixes of shading is one similar to Vincent Van Gogh's self-portrait as he utilized comparative tints to make this piece as so did I. I needed to have a great deal of detail in my piece like my motivation Fritz Schaefler, "Self-Portrait" and his fine measure of detail in his self-representation in the German Expressionism style. In contrast with Pablo Picasso's piece "Self-Portrait," my piece is diverse because of the distinctive position he is confronting contrasted with mine furthermore the craftsmanship style cubism to my post-impressionism piece. I wanted to utilize Vincent Van Gogh's brush procedure and the stream of his experience yet I didn't have room schedule-wise to do.
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Connecting to ACT
1. Identify cause and effect relationships between your inspiration and your artwork.
In my piece I included my inspiration of Vicent Van Gogh because the background of my piece is based off his self portrait with the light blue background with a thick texture. I also based my piece off of the cubisim style and how Pablo blending style in which I used with the contrast of colors in my face.
2. What is the overall approach the author has regarding the topic of your inspiration?
Development od post impressionism concentrates on brighter hues and individual encounters based off the craftsman. Vincent Van Gogh concentrates on interfacing with the viewer through recollections and feelings.
3. What kind of generalizations and conclusions have you discovered about people, ideas, cultures, etc. while you researched your inspiration?
If yuor having a bad day and need to get something out go get someone you trust and vent towards them.
4. What was the central idea or theme around your inspirational research?
Overall the theme of my piece is people struggling with inner conflict and it can be hard to control your emotions.
5. What kind of inferences did you make while reading your research?
The inferences that I made while reading my research was how my inspiration has some emotions bottled up and kept to himself. he was suffering from this and it cause him to become ill.
In my piece I included my inspiration of Vicent Van Gogh because the background of my piece is based off his self portrait with the light blue background with a thick texture. I also based my piece off of the cubisim style and how Pablo blending style in which I used with the contrast of colors in my face.
2. What is the overall approach the author has regarding the topic of your inspiration?
Development od post impressionism concentrates on brighter hues and individual encounters based off the craftsman. Vincent Van Gogh concentrates on interfacing with the viewer through recollections and feelings.
3. What kind of generalizations and conclusions have you discovered about people, ideas, cultures, etc. while you researched your inspiration?
If yuor having a bad day and need to get something out go get someone you trust and vent towards them.
4. What was the central idea or theme around your inspirational research?
Overall the theme of my piece is people struggling with inner conflict and it can be hard to control your emotions.
5. What kind of inferences did you make while reading your research?
The inferences that I made while reading my research was how my inspiration has some emotions bottled up and kept to himself. he was suffering from this and it cause him to become ill.
Citations
Retrieved December 15, 2016, from http://www.biography.com/people/vincent-van-gogh-9515695