For my final project, I chose to do the theme of self-portraits. I have not really done any self-portraits before and I was interested in expanding my experience so I felt this was the best choice for me. I used analogous colors for the skin of the portraits and then used a mix of complementary colors for the hair. For my reference photos, I took them in the dark with a single white light to make sure there was enough contrast in the photos. Each portrait is also of a different facial expression. Some difficulty I faced was making the portraits actually look like me. I’ve found that self-portraits are more difficult than portraits of other people to me because I obviously know what I look like the most so it is easier to see what parts might not look like myself than other people. I think if I started over I would probably re-do my first painting as I just do not feel that it looks like me and it is probably my least favorite one.
