Homework: 3/28

Work on your self-portraits!! Think about how you want to portray yourself and what you want to say.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cB_7PpT2TQ

Remember, this project is fairly open. If you are limited in what you have (mirror, etc) borrow what you need from a friend. Make your piece what you need it to be. You CAN use color but you DO NOT HAVE TO:

1. must be figurative from life
2. must be 18" x 24" or larger
3. must be graphic in nature (non-digitally generated, non-photographic)
4. must write an artist statement

REMEMBER, you all have done a great deal of research on use of value, color, mark-making, composition, figures in space, artist statements, line, etc. LOOK THROUGH BLOG and use this as inspiration or guidance if you are stuck. You know how to research, so don't feel limited in these parameters either though.

Painted skin and texture worth looking at in terms of artists:
Lucien Freud, Jenny Saville, Cesar Biojo, Leonardo Da Vinci, Edvard Munch, Tamara de Lempicka, Vincent Van Gogh (just to name a FEW. These are immediately off the top of my head. The list is endless.)

As color is COMPLICATED, especially regarding skin luminosity, depth, and texture, I am attaching the links from earlier today:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpTr_BDVjFI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=He9wIkms6s0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDliuSqCEhw