For my icon, I chose Frida Kahlo. She has been such a consistent icon in the art world for so long and her face is so recognizable I believe she's a perfect fit for me and this project.
Maddie, First, I love Frida Kahlo! I really like the image you have chosen. I think you have a lot of options here! There is a lot you could manipulate with color and texture, as well as her setting!
Hi Maddie! This is such a beautiful and colorful image, I'm interested to see what sort of changes you can make with color alone. Frida Kahlo paints herself so much it seems we associate her physical appearance (and iconic brow) with her art.
Very iconic picture of Frida! I think you have a lot of different patterns and images you can mesh with her, I'm excited to see what you do! -Catherine Pickle
Final! After the last in progress critique, I started thinking about my "why" a lot. I decided that I wanted to represent the efforts I have been making to really find myself these past few months after really losing sight of myself through a toxic relationship as well as the toxic friendships I had had in my life for so long. I tried to depict this through an abstract portrait where you can't really tell what you're looking at and you have to really look and find me in there. I then decided to use the repetition technique because I really like the way it looks and it can also contribute to the idea of the different versions of myself I have gone through while doing my soul searching. I wanted to have the effect of me almost shaking my past off as I move toward the future so I used the splatter brush tool a lot. I blended my background layers together then added the picture of myself. I always try to start with a background with so...
I chose to do a self portrait for my final project and really take advantage of the different blending modes to bring out different colors in my work. My art lately has been more abstract so I would love to show that in my self portrait as well and share my style.
Maddie,
ReplyDeleteFirst, I love Frida Kahlo! I really like the image you have chosen. I think you have a lot of options here! There is a lot you could manipulate with color and texture, as well as her setting!
Hi Maddie!
ReplyDeleteThis is such a beautiful and colorful image, I'm interested to see what sort of changes you can make with color alone. Frida Kahlo paints herself so much it seems we associate her physical appearance (and iconic brow) with her art.
Very iconic picture of Frida! I think you have a lot of different patterns and images you can mesh with her, I'm excited to see what you do! -Catherine Pickle
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