Self-Portrait Update

I had finished a sort of rough draft on the Strathmore paper and experimented with some techniques I wanted to carry out, and then I moved onto sketching it out on the Rives BFK. I wanted to start on the what is the hardest part, the connection between my neck and my face. Because my head is tilted up there is no clear line of a chin and I decided to work in vine charcoal for that part in order to layer the color and smooth it out.

I am stilling working on the mouth to shift the emotion. In the picture I took my expression was more calm and serene, and not necessarily anger. But, the way the mouth is turned in the drawing is coming across as more angry than anything; so, I will need to go back and reevaluate what I was doing. I am also experimenting with color theory in the other square and exploring inks with a stippling technique. I wanted to try something new and colorful, and to break away from some of the darkness of my other drawings.