Self-Portrait

Pencil Sketch: Self-Portrait Study

August 29, 2010
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Pencil sketch (2B pencil and 2B mechanical pencil) with tortillion blending. I’m getting into the habit of doing a little artwork every single day. Hopefully I can keep this habit up.

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Mixed Media: Self-Portrait (Contemplation)

July 16, 2010
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This is a fairly sketchy effort -in several meanings of the word – but I do like it. The way it looks off into the distance appeals to me.

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Painting: Self-Portrait (Eyes Closed)

May 10, 2010
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Feeling rather disillusioned today. This painting caper isn’t working out as I might’ve imagined – even with all the advice that it’s okay to suck and that realisation I’ll be stuck in ‘the gap’ for a really really long time. Wondering increasingly if my time might not be better spent in some other way.

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Painting: Self-Portrait (Anguish)

May 3, 2010
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Even though this image is quite crude I really feel like it embodies a great emotional truth. This is now how I ‘picture’ personal anguish. When I look at this image I am filled with a sense of recognition. I know what that is in a split second, I know what that feels like.

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Painting: Self-Portrait (Cartoon Happiness)

April 12, 2010
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I’m painting myself here again in part because I like the idea of using myself as a symbol within my own work. But there’s also a much more practical motivation here – and it isn’t that I’m completely self-obsessed. If you haven’t figured it out by the images posted here I am a complete amateur. I’ve wanted to create images of people who I care about and in some instances I have done that but mostly they haven’t come out very well, and painting myself carries a whole less guilt if executed badly.

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Painting: Self-Portrait (Romance)

March 29, 2010
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This is based actually on a frame of a JohnOfJordan video for Valentine’s Day. Hair slicked back, with a rose in my mouth. I just found it a compelling image and wanted to represent it in another fashion.

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