Art Gallery visit # 3

(Left to Right)

The first inspiration image is a self portrait by Frieda Kahlo (Oil on Masonite) 1938 and is called Self Portrait with Monkey.

Note* The Albright Knox museum only had one work that was technically a self portrait, and that was the work by Frida Kahlo.  The rest of the pictures I took at the museum, were portraits of other people done by various artists.  I know it strays from the guidelines, but I was inspired by the portraits and the idea of how we view ourselves as opposed to how we view others.

The second inspiration image is a piece called Tam Gan by Robert Henri (Oil on Canvas) 1914

The third inspiration image is a piece called Life's Extraction by Olivia Carney (Charcoal and Watercolor) 2016

The fourth inspiration image is a piece called Mysterious Faces by Eli Dreyfuss (Photograph) 2016




1.  I selected the inspiration pieces because they each piece was a different take on representing a face. 

2.  I chose pencil to do my self portrait because it was easy and more accurate to work with than charcoal.

3.  I didn't face any challenges when creating my self portrait, I actually just looked at my main features, and used the photograph of myself plus my self image of myself to sketch what I think I look like to the world.

4.  The picture represents how I look when I go out of the house, or to work.

5.  I applied line when sketching out the shape of my features and texture when sketching detail to those features.

6. I did enjoy working on this project, I really like drawing.

7.  I think my final artwork is pretty good for an average Joe.  I mean I work in a machine shop, you should see the looks I get when I walk into a refined place such as the art museum.