Mirror Image

I never want to look in the mirror again! I spent almost two hours staring at my face and trying to draw my self-portrait...again...in order to show my progress. Admittedly, I skipped the chapter on light and shadow, which apparently is crucial to drawing a nuanced likeness of yourself. But I really wanted to finish my creative skill blog with a self-portrait since that is how I began it.

If I have learned anything through this process, it is that you CANNOT skip steps. Developing a skill is a process. All components of the process rely on the other. Sure I was able to produce a slightly better likeness of myself, but I do not think it is representative of the progress that I have made as a person who draws.

To be honest, I thought that it was turning out great. The eyes were awesome and really captured the sadness in my eyes -- not that I am a sad person, I just have sad eyes. The nose was not too bad, but the mouth kind of threw things off. I had my head tilted at an angle in the mirror, and I do not think that I was returning to the right angle because my lips are off. Then the hair. I hate drawing hair. I have not made the leap from actual to representation with hair. I can right brain everything except hair. BOOOOOO.....

I think I might try this again soon. I just get so impatient. Plus, this has been hard to endeavor on my own. I really miss the instruction part of learning. I enjoy being taught and having a teacher to give feedback, so the learning on my own part, I think, exacerbated my impatience.