Self Portraits: Otto Dix and Eyvind Earle Style Watercolor
Written by Teresita Blanco (The Artsy Sister)
I made two new sets of watercolor paintings. I first drew it with pencil. I traced over it with ink. I erased the pencil lines, before adding the watercolors.
The ink helps me control the watercolor paints. The first painting mimics the style of Otto Dix. He was a German painter who survived through two world wars.
Most of his work are landscape and portraits. After both wors, he got into making religious and post war suffering paintings. I chose this simple painting to do my self-portrait.
I found a photo of myself in a red dress. All that was left was to render my portrait. My second portrait was done Eyving Earle Style. He was an American painter and illustrator.
Some of his best-known works were backgrounds for Disney movies, like Sleeping Beauty. He doesn’t often paint people. So, it was difficult to find a painting to use as a reference for my self-portrait.
Instead of hugging a kid, I hugged a plushie for my self-portrait. I think I did a decent enough job with this artwork.
You can do a lot with just patterns. I ranted enough about my new self-portraits. My name is Teresita Blanco, the Artsy Sister. Bye, bye and God bless.
