December 1,
2012
Dear Anouk,
The last
couple of weeks, we had to paint a self-portrait in art class.
Did you find it difficult to paint yourself? How did your painting work out? I’m really curious to the end result! After we had to make a sketch, I started to paint it. I think this was a difficult task but it turned out well.
Did you find it difficult to paint yourself? How did your painting work out? I’m really curious to the end result! After we had to make a sketch, I started to paint it. I think this was a difficult task but it turned out well.
After having
finished the sketch I started thinking which expression I wanted to show with
this painting. We had to stick to the Van Gogh style so I searched for
paintings of Van Gogh to look how he did this. First we had to paint the
background. You had to choose three colours to express your emotion. I chose
black, red and yellow, with these colours I wanted to express stress and anger.
I used fast and furious brush strokes. I am not an anger person but sometimes I
just flip out. I don’t like that and therefore I thought it was a good idea to
express myself not only from the good sides. The second thing I did were the
clothing. I used the same colours and brush strokes to make a sweater. After
this I went on with my hair and skin. The skin was a very difficult task! I
just couldn’t get the right colour. But after a while mixing different colours
I had just the right colour. Also, I made shades for the nose and chin. I
didn’t had enough time to paint the mouth and eyes, so it looks a bit scary.
The question
with this assignment was “who am I?”. I think I have very well expressed the
bad side of me. Even that I don’t like this side. I hope you agree with me and
that your painting also turned out well.
Lots of love,
Laura
