I am a sister, a dancer, and Jewish

I think that the strengths of my self portrait are that all of the things that I drew represent what I am most passionate about so I could represent them all well. All of the pictures that are cut up show the different pieces of my life. In the pictures are the people I love while doing the things I love most. I don't think there is just one thing that comes through the most because I tried to balance the most important things in my life equally. I did this because there's more then one thing that means the most to me. I created a collage and dividing my head up into four different sections to create four different drawings. Lastly, the contrast in my self portrait creates emphasis because the black and white cut outs stand out.

Artist-in-Residence: Alexander DeMaria

I really like this piece because unlike most of his other drawings this one has color. It is very detailed which goes along with his style and the rest of his work. The light and dark contrast is very effective and in order to really see this drawing you have to look very close so that you can see absolutely everything that is going on. This week I would like to ask Alexander De-Maria how he is so patient with his work and how long it usually takes to complete a single piece of work.

Reflecting on self-portrait progress

In my self portrait my face is filled with different sections of drawings that have to do with my passions and important things in my life. My hair is a collage of pictures that show my family and friends and basically my life. During my groups discussion they suggested the idea of painting or coloring the background of my face skin color to more specifically translate the fact that it is supposed to resemble my face. My group liked my project and thought that it was overall very creative. I am almost done with my self-portrait, basically all I have to do now is just color in.