The next few pages had been experimenting, learning and developing new skills in regards to drawing self portraits since that is the main component in the current unit, 'Perception of Self' since it can be both the most discrete and open way to represent yourself in an artwork. One of the methods we had been instructed to venture had been the taking a 'Line for a Walk' method. This had included drawing a self portrait with the condition of never taking the pen off of the page and drawing in a contant line hence the name it had been given. This pays attention to the shading and details that are present in your realistic features. I had enjoyed the experience even though it had been new and had held a different idea of the methods of drawing I had previously been introduced to in earlier years in the specialism of visual arts. I had found the aspect of shading and shadow an obstacle whilst completing the piece because I am considered an amateur when working with pen, since I find it difficult to switch between volumes as that relies on the pressure put into drawing with the pen.
We had then expanded on self portrait drawing skills using guide lines. This helps with the accomplishment of symmetry and accuracy in drawing parallel facial features such as: eyes, eyebrows, ears, sides of the nose. I hadn't been too fond of on this method because I had found it somehow restraining and way too reliant on uniformity, while my work usually compacts around individuality and the variety of shapes in different sections of the painting. However, I had no problems in drawing out the examples, as it is more of a personal difficulty than physical.
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