This very well done. I do have an observation. I hope you won’t take it as negative criticism. It is merely an observation. When you do a portrait of another person they are so clear and you are able to truly capture the feeling of the piece. When you do a self-portrait, it seems like you are struggling with something.
The style of your self-portraits are different, almost impressionist, where I could term this portrait as more realist. It is like you are having trouble expressing the feeling of yourself. Like, in your self-portraits, they are more mechanical, lacking the emotion and feeling within work.
As I have said before, when I look at a work of art the first thing I ask is, “How does this make me feel?” I can feel the energy and passion from this portrait but, in your self-portraits, it is like you are struggling with how to express who you are.
My self portraits and the portraits i do from photos certaintly don’t look alike. I wondering what might be the cause myself. I think that, for one thing, I have troubles focusing when drawing from a mirror – instead of reproducing excactly what i see, i try to capture the essentials relatively quickly. It’s a little like life-drawing i suppose. It’s funny, though, that even when i decide to take my time and be more realist about it (as were the idea with drawing #201) it still turns out the same way. Maybe you’re on to something, but i think that the situation in which I’am drawing (mirror/photo) matters a gread deal aswell. I’ll try to force myself to dwell longer on my self portraits. Thanks for the comment!
So good!
The glasses look spectacular! You’re so good ink!
thanks!
This very well done. I do have an observation. I hope you won’t take it as negative criticism. It is merely an observation. When you do a portrait of another person they are so clear and you are able to truly capture the feeling of the piece. When you do a self-portrait, it seems like you are struggling with something.
The style of your self-portraits are different, almost impressionist, where I could term this portrait as more realist. It is like you are having trouble expressing the feeling of yourself. Like, in your self-portraits, they are more mechanical, lacking the emotion and feeling within work.
As I have said before, when I look at a work of art the first thing I ask is, “How does this make me feel?” I can feel the energy and passion from this portrait but, in your self-portraits, it is like you are struggling with how to express who you are.
Like I said, just an observation.
My self portraits and the portraits i do from photos certaintly don’t look alike. I wondering what might be the cause myself. I think that, for one thing, I have troubles focusing when drawing from a mirror – instead of reproducing excactly what i see, i try to capture the essentials relatively quickly. It’s a little like life-drawing i suppose. It’s funny, though, that even when i decide to take my time and be more realist about it (as were the idea with drawing #201) it still turns out the same way. Maybe you’re on to something, but i think that the situation in which I’am drawing (mirror/photo) matters a gread deal aswell. I’ll try to force myself to dwell longer on my self portraits. Thanks for the comment!