girl at large

Then: Classic Self-Portrait (not completed), acrylic on paper, 20" x 25.5", May 2003
Now: Classic Self-Portrait, oil on paper, 20" x 25.5", February 2004
self-portraits suck. even I don't want to look at myself in the mirror that much. the double mirror approach (so that the true image of yourself–how others see you–is shown) doesn't help the matter of the double chin. it is an important academic exercise and good practice but it's making me dizzy and giving me a headache. or it could be all those fumes—the weather has gone crap-ola and we can't open up the studio windows as much or as often as in the summer time.
update: marked improvement from the first session at Maison des Arts to this one, if i do say so myself. just having completed it this time is an improvement!