week 10- Art Gallery visit # 3

My self portrait


George William Eggers (1893-1958) self portrait
April 14, 1905 graphite on paper

Charles E. Burchfield (1893- 1967) self portrait January 1916
watercolors graphite and conte crayon on paper


Alice O Malley (1962- ) self portrait New York 2002
Gelatin silver print on paper







Art Gallery Visit #3

For inspiration for my self portrait I visited the Burchfield Penny Art Center. I chose these three self portraits because they were all different. Each portrait uses different mediums and are all completely different. George William Eggers' self portrait interested me the most because I knew I wanted to use pencil for my portrait. His self portrait is much more skilled than mine of course but I liked how realistic it looked. Charles E. Burchfield conveys his mood by painting an expression on his face. He looks angry. I did not want to depict myself in a bad mood but I wanted to show expression on my face so I chose a photograph of me smiling. His painting also looks "cartoonish" and I think mines does too. Well, mines is amatuer so it looks cartoonish but I tried to make it as realistic as possible. Alice O Malley's self photograph is interesting because it is taken in black and white. This inspired me not to use colored pencil and to shade in dark and light grays. It is a powerful photo because the background is dark and she is light and there is no use on color. I am not a good artist but I tried to use hatching and cross hatching to demonstrate light and dark areas of the picture. I could not shade very well so I tried shading as little as possible. I enjoyed this project the most. The only thing I wish is that my drawing skills were better. This project opened my mind up to my capabilities and what I could create.