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Watercolor Self Portrait: Rolf Armstrong and Roy Lichtenstein Pop Art
Today, I wanted to show you my latest self-portraits. These were the first set of watercolor paintings I made after getting out of the hospital. It felt nice to be able to paint again. I chose two pretty simple styles. I was trying to get back into the flow of making watercolor art on a weekly basis. The first painting I made I was mimicking the art of Rolf Armstrong. He is a bit hard to classify. I think he is pop art. The Wikipedia entry about him didn’t put him under any type of art movement. He is...
Teresita Blanco Watercolor Self Portraits: Siudmak and Beksinski Style
Today, I wanted to show you my latest watercolor self-portraits. I was mimicking the styles of two interesting surrealism painters. I chose those two paintings to mimic because they were the color blue. I was studying what I could do with just the color blue. The first painting I wanted to show you was made by Zdislav Beksinski. He does dystopian surrealism, but he has other paintings that fall under different umbrellas. This Polish painter is unique. Most of his paintings are Untitled. What you see is what you get. I like studying the works of painters that have unique...
Surrealism Self Portrait: Dali and Magritte Style Watercolor Paintings
Today, I wanted to show you my two new self-portraits. Both paintings were made with watercolors and markers. I used markers for the skin. It saves me the trouble of having to blend for skin tone. Rendering human skin with paint is a bit hard. It wastes as lot of paint trying to get it just right. So, for the sake of time, I used skin tone markers. I blend them together as I apply them in order to get the skin tone I am going for. The first painting is Salvador Dali’s Soft Self Portrait. He was often melting...
Teresita Blanco Self Portraits Britto and Picasso Style
Today, I wanted to show you two new self-portraits. I was mimicking the painting style of Romero Britto and Pablo Picasso. Both have pretty similar cubism style. Picasso is classical cubism, while Britto is soft Cubism. Picasso likes to have plain backgrounds, while Britto likes colorful backgrounds. Both artists are visually comparable. This is why I chose to make two self-portraits in their styles. The first painting I wanted to talk about is the self-portrait I made Pablo Picasso style. I looked through my closet to find a dress that looked a bit cubist. I also wore a cute yellow...
Teresita Blanco Self Portraits Watercolor Andy Warhol and Frida Kahlo Style
Today, I wanted to show you my latest watercolor projects. I like to post my portraits in pairs. It gives the folks plenty to look at. The first painting is based on an obscure Frida Kahlo painting. Frida’s self-portraits where all about expressing herself. The originally and symbolism behind her work is the main reason why she became famous. When I was in Primary School, the art teacher gave us this assignment. She told us to mimic the style of a painter. The first painting she had us mimic was a self-portrait done Frida Kahlo style. She gave us...