First Writing On Learning to See

First Writing On Learning to See

Personally, I work very slow, so trying to draw a self-portrait within 30 minutes did not result in the best looking work that I have produced. When it comes to my artwork, I become my own worst critic, an absolute perfectionist. In fact, I only ever fully enjoyed about three or four works out of the hundreds that I have created for the soul fact that the rest of the pieces were not worked to what I felt was its true potential. Whether it be from a set deadline or out of pure frustration, when I stopped working on the rest of my art pieces, I could only find a few things about it that I did enjoy. I feel as though it is the same way with the self-portrait assignment, since I was not able to work on the piece to its full potential I did not enjoy it. I also feel as though I do not like the way it looks because I am only used to seeing my face reversed. In pictures and mirrors I am not seeing my face the way that everyone else around me do. So in actuality the drawing I created could be an exact match to myself, but I would not agree because I already have this set outlook on how I view myself. I felt as though I had to rush, that everyone else would do a quick, possibly even half-assed drawings, I almost felt as though I had to under-perform. I rushed it to say the least, and I regret it since I probably did not get that good of an experience out of it. The proportions are off, the hair is not close to realism, and the lips are a bit bigger than real life. But I feel like my eyes came out pretty good. I did not just draw around things: I included my glasses that I wore while drawing, I included the headphones I was wearing, though I considered on not including them at all, I am glad I decided to include them. I felt discouraged while drawing because I knew it would turn out horrible since I knew it would be rushed. I feel like I should stop feeling rushed all the time and pay attention to details like I usually do with my art.

My self-portrait from this exercise.
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