Self Portrait

Since I was not able to physically attend an art gallery, I used Google Art Project and virtually visited  Museo Dolores Olmedo, a museum in Mexico City.

Portrait of Dona Rosita Morillo

Frida Kahlo

1944 

oil on Canvas

76 x 60.5 cm

Portrait of Dolores Olmedo (La Tehuana)

Diego Rivera

1955

oil painting

Young man with a fountain pen

Diego Rivera

1914

Oil on canvas

79.5 x 63.5 cm

Original self-portrait 

Self-portrait 

1. When I was looking through the virtual gallery, these three images stood out to me the most. Frida Kahlos painting is so realistic and reminded me of my grandmother because she loves to knit and is of similar skin color. Both of Diego Rivera's paintings are so unique. I loved how abstract the one portrait is because it shows that a self portrait doesn't have to simply be exactly what your face looks like. I like his second one because it's a full body which was cool.

2. Personally, watercolors and charcoal is too messy for me so I stuck with colored pencils and paper.

3. Drawing my outline was the easy part, but drawing my eyes and facial features was difficult. It's especially hard when drawing the specifics like the bulge I have under my eyes, my chubby cheeks, and the defined lines and curves that appear when I smile. That was difficult to portray. 

4. It represents me not just because it's a drawing of me, but because of the smirk depicted, and the large, bright eyes. Those are characteristics  of me that I really tried to draw well and accurately. 

5. I started out with tons of lines and shapes. Then as I erased and redrew, I tried to add the symmetry found in the original potrait. I knew that my colored pencils weren't going to show the colors that well, so the portrait turned out a little dull with not many hues, and not that intense. I made sure to add the space around my face so that the portrait is emphasized. 

6. I really enjoyed drawing myself. I normally don't just sit down, look at pictures of me, and then try to draw them. I usually draw other things, so this was really enjoyable. 

7. I think my final portrait looks similar to the original, but not an exact replica. I don't know if people would realize this was me by looking at it, but overall, I'm happy with it and I gave my best.