[ENG/ESP] Drawing myself - My experience.

in OnChainArt4 years ago
"I paint myself because I know myself best."

-Frida Kahlo.

Me pinto a mí misma porque soy a quien mejor conozco.
-Frida Kahlo.

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Although I was getting fairly good results when I was doing portraits, I hadn't thought about the idea of drawing myself, so I took this as a challenge that I would gradually set out to achieve.

Honestly, my first self-portraits were really terrible (because they were far from looking like me), and, although this frustrated me, I came to understand that drawing myself not only helped me to improve technically, but also spiritually. What do I mean by this? Well, it helped me to know myself better and connect with myself. There were many details in my face that I had not noticed and having to draw them frequently made me know them and learn their shape (for example, the real thickness of my lips, the shape of my eyes, the exact location of some moles or the volume of my cheeks...).

Si bien lograba resultados medianamente buenos al realizar retratos, no me había planteado la idea de dibujarme a mí misma, así que tome esto como un desafío que poco a poco me propondría alcanzar.

Sinceramente, mis primeros autorretratos eran realmente terribles (por el hecho que estaban lejos de parecerse a mí), y, aunque esto me frustraba, llegue a comprender que el dibujarme a mí misma no solo me ayudaba a mejorar a nivel técnico, sino también espiritual. ¿A qué me refiero con esto? Pues, me ayudó a conocerme más y conectarme conmigo misma. Habían muchos detalles en mi rostro en los que no había reparado y el tener que dibujarlas frecuentemente me hizo conocerlas y aprenderme su forma (por ejemplo, el verdadero grosor de mis labios, la forma de mis ojos, la ubicación exacta de algunos lunares o el volumen de mis mejillas…)

The drawings I show you were made last year, was made with watercolors and colored pencils on a sheet of paper ideal for working with watercolors.

To this day I have not done any work on the theme of self-portrait, however, I have done many sketches of both full face and parts of it (such as my lips, my smile, my eyes, some facial expressions, among others).

Los dibujos que les presento los realicé el año pasado, fueron hechos con acuarelas y lápices de colores sobre una lámina de papel ideal para trabajar con acuarelas.

Al día de hoy no he vuelto a realizar alguna obra en la temática del autorretrato, sin embargo , sí he realizado muchos bocetos tanto de rostro completo como de partes de él (como mis labios, mi sonrisa, mis ojos, algunas expresiones faciales, entre otros).

I hope you liked today's post, if you have any doubts or tips to give me, don't hesitate to leave them in the comments.

If this is the first time you read me, welcome! I invite you to see my other posts:


Littles sketches with color pencils.

Drawing with color pencils - A illustration of Harry Potter.

Take care of yourself and keep on creating. xoxo

Espero que les haya gustado el post de hoy, si tienen dudas o consejos que hacerme no duden en dejarlo en los comentarios.

Si es la primera vez que me lees, pues bienvenido! Te invito a ver otros de mis post
Cuídate mucho y sigue creando. xoxo

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Se ven fantásticos, sería genial ver el paso a paso, saludos.

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¡Muchas gracias! Realicé estos dibujos mucho antes de ingresar a Hive, por lo que no procuraba tomar fotos del proceso de mis dibujos... :(
Saludos a ti también.


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Ohh my goodnesses.!!
So beautiful watercolour work. Though i didn’t do like you. Not even my work is like beautiful as you. But I am trying to my best.
Thanks for sharring on chainart.

Thank you so much!! I'm glad that you like my draws.:)

Don't worry, the practice makes the perfection, keep creating!

Greetings.

Sounds good.
You are Pretty good too.
Thanks 😊