[Closed] STW Art Club - "Do a Self Portrait" [4/11/2011 to 18/11/2011]

I've spent the day doing photo self portraits, is that ok?

@meehaja

Unless its some sort of cut montage etc.. then no 🙁

I am too ugly to join in this time... But I will have a go!

Don't take the piss, it's a really good likeness.

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I think we have our own Van Gogh, right there ^^^

Where can you get those shirts 🙂 Cyan Lycra 🙂

Thanks Dezmondo! *feels appreciated*

RT me and my mum make them on a Saturday night.

@schrickvr6

Don't tell everyone 😉

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So I thought I'd have ago at the cross-hatching thing that Catflees posted up the other week. Cheated a bit, by getting the basic shape in by tracing from the reference photo, but then put all the details in by hand. My left eye is not that wonky in real life.

@MM

Thats quite tidy.

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slainte 💡 rob

I just copied a photo my son took of me on the iPad.

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I'm much prettier

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MB, I really like it. I don't think the method you used is cheating, really nice result.
Rob, that's cool.
Dez, that's scary!

Good thread 🙂

[i]Dez, that's scary![/i]

You should see the original!

Ok:
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Thanks for the comments! I'm too quick to jump on the pooter and do some manipulation, it's good fun to take the pencil out for a turn.

PPS Week after next a still life with bike bits in the style of Basket of Fruit (Caravaggio)

DezB - 😯

From a snap at the Q's.

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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/58162507@N07/6336425121/ ]STW Art Club - "Self Portrait"[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/58162507@N07/ ]SGMTB[/url], on Flickr

I'll probably have a go at close up portrait next.

NOte: 1 feeling lucking in Picasa and shadows darkened a bit.

I need to get some softer pencils.

are you Carlos the Jackal?

Yeh. How do you know that ??:-)

Unfortunately I suffer with prescription glasses 🙁 and use a over specs so they look a bit big. I dont like contacts and prescription sunglasses are to expensive for me 🙁

Should of used artistic license and drawn in some nice Oakleys 🙂

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Could'nt resist adding a wash...

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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/53067724@N00/6337264861/ ]Self Portrait[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/53067724@N00/ ]Jon Wyatt[/url], on Flickr

RT. Are you riding ith a magic invisible seat? 😉

@piedi di formaggio

Mmmm your right.. does look odd and distracts a bit...edit required 🙂

But my right leg is turned in and probably obscured it.

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Great stuff showing on the thread. Another week to go:-)

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Samurai, your blending is really good but your paper let's you down. Nice effort.

Yeah and ta. I just grabbed a sheet of printer paper and a 2H pencil on the spur of the moment. I think I'll ask for some proper drawing materials for christmas. It's been a while and I fancy getting back into it.

love it schrickvr6. kneeling footless, curly-eyed, purplehaired, stating a love of STW pissing puss from a thermonuclear spot on yer face. I like that.

That's expressive.

I might of been a candidate for the SS 🙁

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and how the GF sees me 🙁

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[i]I might of been a candidate for the SS [/i]

lol, you're bang on there. Good cross hatching though.

Art clubs looking good! Some lovely work this week.

Samurai have you got pictures of your old work? Your style would suit a really smooth paper like Bristol Board. I use that all the time now with stumps.

Nope, I lost virtually everything in a big folder when we moved house many years back. I was gutted.

All I have to hand is this that I drew in five minutes at Geneva airport because I was bored.
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And this from a party when this drunk girl insisted I draw her something.
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As I say, I need to get back into drawing. I used to be ok but it's amazing how quickly you forget how to get the best results.

I wish I had the taken but I've hardly progressed from when I was about 10.

very nice everyone 🙂 i could try and draw myself,but it would be a simple stick figure (as i cannot draw 🙁

My son's just getting into drawing, which is a good excuse to start doing stuff again. I'll post up some of my old efforts (on scraperboard) seeing as Samuri is cheating as well 🙂 (just got to get them scanned)

Here's my scraperboard tiger
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eh?

I just completed the portrait I started a few weeks ago and uploads on the old art club thread 🙂

[i]eh?[/i]
Well,it ain't a self-portrait, is it? 😉

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a tazmanian devil

Well the first one was but fair enough on the other two.

That tiger may not be a self-portrait, but it is incredible! How long did that take?

Thanks M_B - I did it in 1984, so can't really remember! I was always meticulous on detail so they took a good few hours. My favourite ones are of old blokes faces, full of character, but my mum's got them.
It's great that my son is getting me to show him how to do them, so I might start doing some again (if I can find the time)