For my first project about self-image and perception, I finished the pen and ink drawing which will be displayed under the layer of glasses. I chose this style because I think the lines, especially straight lines, will make the distortion of the glasses more emphatic and visible. Each mini-portrait is based off of a picture I took of myself doing a step of my makeup because it is one of the daily rituals I experience where I am directly faced with my image, where I must confront myself in order to be able to alter myself. I guess so was this process of drawing myself four times. On my painting I've bought the canvas and toned it an almost cyan blue. The image I've selected to paint is a plate of typical Costa Rican food. I found it compelling because of its simplicity and the idea that many people's first impression of a culture is their cuisine. I'm on vacation in Europe now though, so everything will have to be put on pause until I return.
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I know what media I want to use- pen and ink and oil paint. I've gone to Michael's and stocked up on a palette of oil paints roughly based off of Mrs. Mosley's introduction from class. Unfortunately, no store in a 20 mile radius has Gamsol, so I bought a bottle of Liquin. After some research, I found that it's pretty toxic, but! apparently it allows brushstrokes to pretty much disappear, which I'm always a fan of. Love smoothness and well-blended paint. Pen and ink has always been my favorite medium, so now's a good chance to do something a bit more ambitious maybe. One of my head pieces was based on identity and how I perceive myself, and I want to expand on that idea. I want to do a self-portrait, and create an overlay with eyeglasses. I don't know why, but I have a bin of eyeglasses in my house. The overlay would warp the underlying self-portrait and communicate a message about an issue I deal with- a distorted self-image.
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