Task 2 - Large Mixed Media Self Portrait

We first practiced drawing quick 20/30 second portraits. 

I like my drawings to have a sketchy/illustrated feel to them, so I experimented with 1 minute illustrated drawings. 

I also experimented with drawing faces, as I used to find it difficult to draw accurate faces, however over the course of this project I feel I have improved. 

I experimented drawing the faces in Biro, with ink, and with paint.

I then made my first portrait in pencil. I tried to draw it freehand without using the grid method. It was quite hard to get the proportions right, and I'm not too pleased with the outcome because of this. It was also hard because the photograph was taken at an angle.

I then recreated the same picture, but used the grid method instead. This one turned out much more successful. 

Mixed Media 

I then started a mixed media painting. I used decided to use watercolours to give a soft/dripping effect. 

As you can see from the picture, I first drew it in pencil, then added watercolour.  As the watercolours dried, I added fine liner detail. 

I found it quite challenging to draw this, and I wish I had used the grid method, however I was overall quite pleased with the final outcome. 

I thought too much of a background could have distracted from the face, so I decided to add a soft watercolour background around the face.