A self portrait. A LARGE self portrait. Oh my goodness. How scary. This is 19x24". Which means that you need to use larger paint brushes. Yikes.
The assignment was to take a selfie and use that as a model but not try to be photo-realistic. So.... I tried to be very brave and this is what my self portrait looks like.
When I finished and stood back I was shocked and somewhat horrified. The question that came to mind was "OH my. Is that what I really look like to other people?"
I realized that when I look in the mirror I see myself as about 20 years younger (and less wrinkled and less OLD looking) than I really am. Oy vey! What a shock.
BUT - that said - the portrait turned out better that I thought it would. It looks like a person. It has shapes and contrast. And it really does look sort of like me.
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