“To find your creative muse you have to go to a place within yourself where no one else has ever been. Experiment, brake the rules, make mistakes, grow and most of all ... Have fun while doing it! Don't wait for inspiration to come to you .. go out and find it.Never loose the child within you because within the child you will find your imagination. Be creative and be inspired and you will live a life filled with wonderful creative blessings."

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Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Self Portrait

My very first self portrait. I watched myself in a mirror and tried to capture my image with watercolors. I struggled so much to work from life and to get a likeness wasn't easy at all. This is the closest I could get although my first layer of paint was too dark and I just continued but had to soften the final picture in my Paintnet program because it looked too harsh when I scanned it. It still doesn't look exactly like me but some of my facial features are there. I will keep on practicing and do another one in a few months. It's really difficult to do a portrait and to capture someones personality and facial expressions but hopefully I will get there some day.


6 comments:

  1. This art piece is amazing! It is starting to look VERY real!

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  2. Ansota Congratulations!
    It 's a beautiful job! Brava!

    Good evening!

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  3. Aren't you beautiful? Both the painting and you. Amazing eyes!
    I wanted to thank you for the sweet comment, compliments and well wishes. I would have gladly chosen a collage sheet for you, but I don't have your email, so I can't send it. Here is my e-mail: zoranaland@yahoo.com xo

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  4. Omg... this is so telling... watercolours that is amazing... they are not easy when trying to express waterdowned feelings. I admire you!

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  5. It is beautiful....I love coming to see what you are painting because you are so talented....

    Happy Thanksgiving

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  6. Ansota, you are so beautiful ~ What a magnificent piece! Have a blessed thanksgiving!

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