Thursday 8 September 2011

painting yourself

When asked what a ‘self-portrait’ might be, Bianca was eager to share what she knew; a self portrait is when ‘you paint yourself’.  Exactly.  But not on yourself, we joked!  You paint a picture of yourself.  Oh how we laughed! 

Anyway, in this case, it would be a painting of our head (and neck) and shoulders.

Your face is an ‘oval’  shape, confirmed Melchior, tracing in the air with a confident finger.  We would use a cut-out oval to trace (‘draw’ as Bianca told us) round – ovals tend to be rather wobbly when you are only five years old.  Or even when you are as old as I am!

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Next, two lines for the neck (so the head has something to help it stay on the shoulders) a curve for the head-hole of your tee-shirt and some good strong shoulders.  Now for a bit of paint-mixing.  Pinks, yellows, browns, white…..

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all available to help you create your own shade of skin.

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Add some nice bright colours…..

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for the background.

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Careful Joseph…..

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remember – not on yourself…..

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but of yourself!

Our (of-not-on) self-portraits still have no hair;

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they have no eyes, no noses.  No smiles.  Well, none on the papers yet.  These we will add next time, when our skin and those wonderful backgrounds are dry.

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Watch this space!

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