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Self-portrait Grid Enlargement after the pre-test

This guide explores the nuances of creating self-portraits using acrylics, emphasizing the importance of form and technique. Key concepts such as grid systems for accurate drawing, understanding light and shadow through plane breaks, and color selection for skin tones are discussed. You’ll learn about brush care, including storing brushes correctly and using acrylic matte medium for transparency and painting techniques like impasto and glazing. Featured inspirations from renowned artists illustrate the transformative power of dedicated focus on facial features and textures.

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Self-portrait Grid Enlargement after the pre-test

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  1. Self-portrait Grid Enlargement after the pre-test

  2. Highlightand shadow shapes are as, if not more, important than feature shapes. The edge that separates light from dark is called a PLANE BREAK.

  3. Titanium White – very opaque Yellow Ochre (or oxide) – opaque Alizarin Crimson - transparent A good base skin tone for a typical Caucasian person White added

  4. The purpose of the grid is to help to draw accurately since all the lines are placed into smaller areas and are in proportion with one another.

  5. SYNTHETIC ROUND ACRYLIC BRUSHES Store the brushes “bristles up” so they don’t bend sideways.

  6. Cover your desks with newspaper so that you can test your colors, strokes, and rub paint off brushes before cleaning them.

  7. Acrylic matte medium is acrylic without pigment. It looks milky, dries clear, and is used to thin color to make it transparent. It is also used to seal the edge of tape to prevent bleeding.

  8. Rembrandt Baroque Period Self-portrait Oil on canvas, 1651 Leonardo da Vinci Renaissance Period Lady with an Ermine Oil on panel, 1485 Sources of Inspiration

  9. Bristles Ferrule Handle

  10. Impasto paint is very thick

  11. Scumbling is painting opaque or semi-opaque paint over another color, creating an interaction between the two.

  12. Glazing with acrylic is adding matte medium to color to create a thin layer of transparent color.

  13. The light areas are thickly painted and opaque, IMPASTO The shadow areas are painted thin and trans- parent. GLAZE

  14. The main emphasis of focus should be on the area around the eyes, nose, and brow.

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