This was the first time I had even heard of expressive portraits. The concept sounded interesting but I wasn’t sure what to do for it. Their wasn’t really any thought put into this concept, it just sort of hit me like an inspirational brick of “that could come out nice,” and I think it did.
The general plan was to take a silhouette of myself and make into a portrait of a season, obviously winter. I did a simple silhouette and attacked it with graphite and pastel. I used the light grey and blue to give the figure a very cold feel, and I tried to direct my unblended strokes into a rough, swirling/blowing movement. The result was this cold and ghostly piece that came out better than I expected. I think I may try doing it again with paint to try and capture more movement and put some more color into it. Any advice welcome.
The general plan was to take a silhouette of myself and make into a portrait of a season, obviously winter. I did a simple silhouette and attacked it with graphite and pastel. I used the light grey and blue to give the figure a very cold feel, and I tried to direct my unblended strokes into a rough, swirling/blowing movement. The result was this cold and ghostly piece that came out better than I expected. I think I may try doing it again with paint to try and capture more movement and put some more color into it. Any advice welcome.
