Self Portrait
Sir Thomas Lawrence “Portrait of Miss Rosamond Croker”, 1827 oil on canvas 32 x 25 inches Frida Kahlo “Self-Portrait with Monkey”, 1938 oil on Masonite 16 x 12 inches Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec “Femme retroussant sa chemise” (Woman Lifting Her Chemise), 1901 oil on wood panel 22 x 16 5/8 inches I selected these pieces to inspire my self portrait because these pieces aren’t overly idealized. While all of the women in these portraits are beautiful in their own way, they haven’t been falsely beautified or perfected. I wanted my self portrait to be as honest as I could attempt to make it. I chose to do a graphite drawing because it is the easiest media for me to work in. I’m more familiar with graphite as a material, and it gave me lots of room to edit any mistakes. I didn’t use the exact picture above as my reference. Instead I sat in front of a mirror to draw. I found that to be a little difficult because I couldn’t sit perfectly stil
