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"that heralds the beginning of yourself"In the 80s, when I had delusions of grandeur about being an artist, which funnily enough is what I do now but without any grandeur at all, I lived across the road from an Australian artist called Brett Whiteley. He was incredibly tolerant of my annoying pestering for advice and critiquing and was actually very kind about my art. The studio is still there and my cousin kindly took my daughter and I there a couple of years back and we got to wander around inside, even though Brett died a few years after I left Sydney.
Although those years were very dangerous times for me, luckily I emerged alive and wiser.
Anyway, I've come across a very short video clip from 1989, which was around the time I left Australia so this is the Brett I knew, and he is offering wonderful advice to young people wanting to be an artist. I recommend everyone watch this clip. It's just over a minute long and yet Brett offers such valuable advice so succinctly.
So with that, I have drawn literally what is in front of me, my own face. I have distorted it and exaggerated it just as Brett recommended: my crooked mouth is more crooked, my worried expression is more worried, my face is squarer.
I have used my two free fonts, juleslove, for the words SELF PORTRAIT and julesgirltalk for the palette information and the kiwifruit (since I am a kiwi) and they are free from urgentartwork. I have also included the colour palette I created at colourlovers.com, called Soft but strong girl.
I also created this self-portrait with my friend Julia Sant-Mire in mind, who told me she had lost one I had created for her a very long time ago.
Art saves lives!
Although those years were very dangerous times for me, luckily I emerged alive and wiser.
Anyway, I've come across a very short video clip from 1989, which was around the time I left Australia so this is the Brett I knew, and he is offering wonderful advice to young people wanting to be an artist. I recommend everyone watch this clip. It's just over a minute long and yet Brett offers such valuable advice so succinctly.
So with that, I have drawn literally what is in front of me, my own face. I have distorted it and exaggerated it just as Brett recommended: my crooked mouth is more crooked, my worried expression is more worried, my face is squarer.
I have used my two free fonts, juleslove, for the words SELF PORTRAIT and julesgirltalk for the palette information and the kiwifruit (since I am a kiwi) and they are free from urgentartwork. I have also included the colour palette I created at colourlovers.com, called Soft but strong girl.
I also created this self-portrait with my friend Julia Sant-Mire in mind, who told me she had lost one I had created for her a very long time ago.
Art saves lives!
2 comments:
I love it...it's....it's... beautiful. Like you.
Is there a link to the one of Julia?
No, I didn't do a pic of Julia - in the 80s I used to do lots of self-portraits on cards (so did Brett Whiteley, who also had red curley hair) and I gave one of those to Julia, which she misplaced. And since I have been meaning to do more, including one to give her, this is it. :) Thanks for your kind words.
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