"Beauty Representatives"
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Meaning of My Piece
At first I was confused of what to display for the meaning of my piece, however i think I was able to find something worthwhile. The meaning would be, it portrays the beauty of women. Since I am not allowed to show skin or wear tight clothing or do anything that displays my body, I decided to at least be rebellious and acting against it while I paint myself. I tried to look alluring but not to alluring, and also I tried to display myself as sitting there thinking about life. As I am getting older and closer to graduating high school, I have yet ti find my passion in which I will dedicate my whole life studying and working as. In the painting, I am enjoying the weather; whether its summer, spring, autumn or winter, I try not to specify because I like to be in more than one thing, and really trying to stay away from all the intricate processes that I'd be forced to go through either ways in order to grow up. I really don't want to, but I will eventually, just like any other person, death and birth come and go, it's a recurring process which I cannot escape, let alone prolong.
Artistic Inspiration
I used the art movement Art Nouveau as an inspiration to create my self-portrait.
Art Nouveau is characterized by intricate linear designs and flowing curves based on natural forms. That is what attracted me to this art movement. I loved the intricate flower designs, and most of all, I loved the fact that Mucha mostly paints women. The way I interpret it is looking at the bodies of women and seeing beauty and the intricate background designs is present to enhance the beauty of the female. Even though the painting I was inspired by is divided into four separate parts depicting the four different seasons, I'd like to display my painting as all four seasons. It will not be limited to merely a single season, it will relate to all seasons, even though it looks like spring or summer, it can also be related to winter and autumn.
Art Nouveau is characterized by intricate linear designs and flowing curves based on natural forms. That is what attracted me to this art movement. I loved the intricate flower designs, and most of all, I loved the fact that Mucha mostly paints women. The way I interpret it is looking at the bodies of women and seeing beauty and the intricate background designs is present to enhance the beauty of the female. Even though the painting I was inspired by is divided into four separate parts depicting the four different seasons, I'd like to display my painting as all four seasons. It will not be limited to merely a single season, it will relate to all seasons, even though it looks like spring or summer, it can also be related to winter and autumn.
The roses were inspired by a picture of roses I found on the net.
As for cultural inspiration, I was able to create something I wouldn't usually be allowed to do myself in real life because of my culture. I am not allowed to show my body and it's explicit image, however, the painting I drew and painting depicted myself as alluring, which is going against my culture entirely. It is not something I am proud of, however, it makes me feel free to at least show myself not in real life but on a canvas.
Besides Mucha and my cultural inspiration, I was inspired my women in general to create a piece that displays their beauty and what they're best at, looking beautiful.
Since it was a self-portrait, I had to paint a women, otherwise, I do not have anything against men, I don't believe I am capable of drawing them as good as women; I'd like to do though however.
As for cultural inspiration, I was able to create something I wouldn't usually be allowed to do myself in real life because of my culture. I am not allowed to show my body and it's explicit image, however, the painting I drew and painting depicted myself as alluring, which is going against my culture entirely. It is not something I am proud of, however, it makes me feel free to at least show myself not in real life but on a canvas.
Besides Mucha and my cultural inspiration, I was inspired my women in general to create a piece that displays their beauty and what they're best at, looking beautiful.
Since it was a self-portrait, I had to paint a women, otherwise, I do not have anything against men, I don't believe I am capable of drawing them as good as women; I'd like to do though however.
Process
Brainstorming
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1) Sketch at least 5 ideas(your picture included since it's a self-portrait). Incorporate the artistic inspiration or you can include more than one artistic inspiration and choose your final one.
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2) Gather the materials needed to create your canvas and the supplies in which you use to paint with.
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Creating Canvas/Gesso |
Background color |
3) Gather all canvas materials and begin assembling the parts together.
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4) After creating the canvas and gessoing, choose a back ground color and paint the whole canvas. After, draw your chosen image/sketch. (you can use a projector to trace image or you can free hand it).
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Begin Painting
5) After creating canvas, gessoing it, painting background color, and drawing chosen image/sketch, begin painting your sketch.
Reflection
When I first heard about the project, I was scared at first because of the size of the canvas, however, once I began drawing in what I wanted to paint, size did not bother me as much. I do admit at first I had no idea what I wanted to paint, I was like a needle in a hay sack trying to find an answer in an empty brain of mine. however, I did know what art movement and artist I wanted to base it off of. I went on the internet and searched up paintings of Art Nouveau, and I happened to chance upon The seasons by Alphonse Mucha. I fell in love with the summer spring season, however, as soon as I realized it, my hands were sketching on their own the summer version, it did not bother me much because they were all equally beautiful.
Once I found what I wanted to do, I sketched everything out and began painting. At first, the background color I chose benefited me in every portion of the painting, for example: The pink background aided in giving the dress a light color, if I had a white background or any other color, it would not have provided the light variation and I would had to create a separate color to fill it in, thankfully I didn't have to. Another way the pink aided my painting is the skin tone, it helped provide a pinkish tone to the skin and erasing any trace of paleness. After that I began disliking the pink background because I believed it did not go well with the other colors of the painting. If I were to go back in time, I would color the surround of the whole body with a different color and leave the body pink.
Parts in which I found easy to paint were the dress, flowers, hair, and also the hand hanging between the hair; almost everything. My passion for painting allowed me to have fun and find it easy to complete. Even though it took me three weeks to complete, and I began wanting to burn my painting, all was well.
Parts I found difficult to paint: mostly the facial features. I was not able to get a good drawing of the face, barely making a recognizable face that resembles mine. I hate the eyes and the lips so much. It makes me feel sick. The skin color was easy in its own way, however, getting the distance between the facial features and the right shade and variation was very complex. Also, I disliked working on the border, I was trying to have an equal and parallel lines on each side of the canvas, however, I kept on messing up and ruining any chance straight lined borders, which was extremely frustrating. The fact that I was not able to go at the pace I would've liked when I worked on the face was what ruined everything about the face. Which is why I began disliking the whole painting very much.
Even though there were so many easy parts about it and so many difficult and frustrating parts, I loved creating my painting and I am proud to call it an artwork which I was able to do my best on and feel proud of the final result. Except the face, I will forever and always harbor feelings of hatred and regret towards the face.
Once I found what I wanted to do, I sketched everything out and began painting. At first, the background color I chose benefited me in every portion of the painting, for example: The pink background aided in giving the dress a light color, if I had a white background or any other color, it would not have provided the light variation and I would had to create a separate color to fill it in, thankfully I didn't have to. Another way the pink aided my painting is the skin tone, it helped provide a pinkish tone to the skin and erasing any trace of paleness. After that I began disliking the pink background because I believed it did not go well with the other colors of the painting. If I were to go back in time, I would color the surround of the whole body with a different color and leave the body pink.
Parts in which I found easy to paint were the dress, flowers, hair, and also the hand hanging between the hair; almost everything. My passion for painting allowed me to have fun and find it easy to complete. Even though it took me three weeks to complete, and I began wanting to burn my painting, all was well.
Parts I found difficult to paint: mostly the facial features. I was not able to get a good drawing of the face, barely making a recognizable face that resembles mine. I hate the eyes and the lips so much. It makes me feel sick. The skin color was easy in its own way, however, getting the distance between the facial features and the right shade and variation was very complex. Also, I disliked working on the border, I was trying to have an equal and parallel lines on each side of the canvas, however, I kept on messing up and ruining any chance straight lined borders, which was extremely frustrating. The fact that I was not able to go at the pace I would've liked when I worked on the face was what ruined everything about the face. Which is why I began disliking the whole painting very much.
Even though there were so many easy parts about it and so many difficult and frustrating parts, I loved creating my painting and I am proud to call it an artwork which I was able to do my best on and feel proud of the final result. Except the face, I will forever and always harbor feelings of hatred and regret towards the face.