Thinking outside the boxes !

    So we had to draw a self portrait and I was little on edge about it because I personally would rather not stare at myself for the amount of time I had to. After finishing my self portrait I was impressed that I was even able to draw as well as I did and make it look like me! Doing a self portrait was challenging and it made me mad, proud, angry and confident by the end. I was getting frustrated and mad and angry because i couldn't seem to get the eyes right or I couldn't get my nose right when drawing, then I had to paint. When we started painting I had the issue with finding my features and incorporating them into my painting. It's a lot harder than i thought it would be. After, I was able to figure out where my features would be and how light or dark to go for the features I grew the confidence to stop thinking and just start painting.When I would step back and look at what I was doing I could start seeing my face appear how I wanted it to be and I could see the resemblance and my confidence in being an artist was growing and I feel as though I accomplished a lot more than I thought I would be able to in the beginning.