Self Portrait 3

Self Portrait 2 REVISED

Original Image:


1st Attempt:


2nd Attempt/Final Image:

Self-Portrait 3 In Progress

Self-Portrait 3 In Progress:

I'm not sure how I feel about this as a self-portrait. I think I should define the lines more. Even out the scarf more? Outline the hand better? I dunno. I'm not satisfied. But it's a good try, eh? I think I'll try to work on it some more tomorrow.

Jules Adolphe Breton's "The Song of the Lark"

Jules Adolphe Breton
French, 1827-1906
The Song of the Lark, 1884
(oil on canvas)

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Notes to self:

• Check out Breton's "The Song of the Lark" painting at AIC in July, when checking out The New Modern Wing.
• Check out Jen's sculptures in Lincoln Park on Lincoln and Clark when visiting Chicago in July.
• Borrow Willa Cather's "The Song of the Lark" from the library.

Note to self: Check out the new modern wing at AIC when visiting Chicago in July.

New Illustrations for DIY 2009 Calendar

MAY:


Broadway Grill & Pizza on Broadway & Lawrence.

My favorite place for greasy food right next door to my former place of employment (Asian Human Services.)

JUNE:



"Your Sunday's Best" Sunday open mic at Schuba's Tavern on Belmont & Southport.

At the bar.

HAPPENED: Sunday, June 1/Monday, June 2/The midnight of Kristy "K-Rock" Mangel's 30th Birthday.

In this drawing: Sean Flannery, James Fritz, Brendan McGowan

(photoshopped: playing with brightness/contrast)


(original/not photoshopped)


This is my first attempt in drawing a self-portrait since my freshman year in college. I haven't used colored pencils in a long time. Unless you count the time I worked with grade school kids, but I don' t think that counts. Does it?

I'm not satisfied with this attempt (and I will be hard on myself.) Need to fix up the eyes and the corners of my mouth. Also, I think I need to make create a self-portrait where I am wearing my eyeglasses; since that is pretty signature of me.

I'm going to draw a couple of more tomorrow.

Although I am not satisfied with these to use for my business cards, homepage, and/or bio section of my website. I am quite happy for this being my first self-portrait in 10 1/2 years.

Work-In-Progress: Self Portait

I haven't worked on a self-portrait in a long time. I am drawing a couple self-portraits this week and choosing which ones to use for new business cards, the homepage, and bio section of my website.

Here is one of the self-portraits in progress. Drawn so far in ballpoint pen, scanned, put into grayscale mode, while messing with the contrasting on photoshop:



I'm going to add color with colored pencils and possibly go over the lines again with black pen and ink or just maybe go over again with ballpoint pen to define everything. I need to fix the right eye. It's totally messed up.