I WAS going to wait to actually start painting until I, um, actually had the TIME to do it, not to mention a safe space, etc., but then of course it would never have happened, and I don't have that kind of will power.
(More specifically, I have the 'I must paint now and alot and crazily because I am an art major and nothing must get between me and my paintings!" kind of will power rather than the "I will study for my art history test because I'm a good little student, even though painting paintings is much more fun than writing about them" kind of will power. I just took the Art History test and... well, I think I passed, at least :-}.)
ANYWAY.
Here they are. I worked on them for... an hour or two. I've never been one who has kept track of time extremely well.
Yeah, I'm the one in the reference photo, so I guess you could say that these are self portraits, but I don't exactly think of them that way because the point of these paintings isn't an accurate likness but just... well, they're just supposed to be paintings. That happen to be of myself. sort of.
Yeah, I just painted them on my desk. Somehow I managed to have all needed painting supplies EXCEPT an easel... so I used my Mirror of Erised. Hey, it worked.
Some close-ups...
Sorry its kinda blurry. And at a weird angle. And stuff.
Yeah, so painting myself flying with a horn like an angel might be a bit vain/blasphemous, but I don't really see it that way.
I'd show you the reference photos too if I didn't think that the paintings were actually much more flattering. :-)
There are things I like and don't like about each of them, but I'm not going to tell you because I'd like to know what whoever is reading this might think. :)
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The one with the horn is a little darkish, but maybe it is supposed to be that way?? I do like the angle, it is interesting and cetches the eye...I could tell that they were you before I read that they were, so well done. And what exactly is it that you are wearing? Do you normally wear deep colored full length dresses?
And Yes! we are bringing your nephew to see you this weekend:)I am rather excited to be coming, however this week will be crazy, I have tomorrow to write a 4 page paper on cardiovascular disease, spacifically including metabolisim of different types of lipids and how that plays a part in causation or preventation of cardiovascular disease. Yipes!!
The one with the horn is a little darkish, but maybe it is supposed to be that way??
These are just starts, remember. I can hear Mrs. McClure's voice in my head right now... "When painting with oils, start dark and go light!"
The dress is one that Annilyn made for some project on the Renaissance for school. I guess I failed to mention that, in addition to taking the reference photos for me, I insisted that I be allowed to wear her renaissance dress in the photos. Annilyn was very patient with her somewhat crazed roommate Sunday night :)
We've actually just gone over the Renaissance in my art history class (and I didn't do extremely well on the test, but I'll get over that) and my teacher made a comment about them always painting rich, thick drapery. She said that they did that as an advertisement, because wool and fabric were a big export of the area or something. I was thinking, that is so totally bogus. They painted totally awesome drapery because drapery is totally awesome. Period.
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