Portrait of a Selfie by @itshoneyjoy, Painted by Mr. Blinddraw
You’ve been #blinddrawn @itshoneyjoy
It's been a while since I've done a painting out of physical materials and I have to say that I missed it a lot. Looking forward to more soon! The richness and quality is much stronger than with digital in my experience.
Painting
Here's a piece of work I did today. I painted it with gouache and acrylic. The gold on her glasses is gold leaf paint. Her hair was done with an acrylic painted with a stiff dry brush. Giving it a really rough look. I thought that was cool but it by no means is commenting on her well kept curled hair.
Original W/ Snapchat Filter
As indicated in @itshoneyjoy's selfie, she is experimenting with Snapchat filters. I picked this photo for the red outfit and hair. I wanted to do a dry brush look on her hair for fun.
Who am I?
I am an artist who finds portrait photographs of people on social media, paints them, and posts it. I love the reactions and surprises that it gives people. I think there's a sense of self-esteem boost when someone is painted (even when there are mistakes or it doesn't look identical to them). The goal of my art is to surprise and spread love.
Steemians, please let me know what you think of the post in the comments below.
wow hahahha thank you for this. I love it. it feels like a character in a book 😍