For our last class in
Jennifer Pochinski’s workshop we did self-portraits.
She gave us lots of fun prompts to get us going.
Here’s my first quick one,
massed in shapes in 12 minutes.
“Red Jacket”
12 x 12 oil
Here, I did a self portrait of me in a “made up place”
(from a photo).
“In Heaven”
20 x 16 oil from a photo
Then I did this from life using red as the dominant color.
“Nanny Redshoes”
16 x 16 oil
And here’s one from life of me “with things I’ve made.”
“In the Works”
16 x 20 oil
NOTE:
I’d wiped out the nose and mouth so many times,
I finally gave up.
So while I’m waiting for it to dry,
I added the mask.
(One way to solve that problem!)
This was a very challenging and inspiring class and
I feel very fortunate to have been a part of it.
Jennifer is a generous and thoughful instructor and
the interaction with the rest of the class was priceless.
I’m really looking forward to playing with all of these new
approaches and ideas in the coming weeks.
Happy Spring!