During my creative journey I have done a few self portraits over the years - hinting at my avatar. This one here is the latest one I painted in January, off of a photo taken in November last year. It is painted in water color, sorry no crayon (I guess I just can't stick to the rules - sorry) and in my somewhat stylized style e.g. huge eyes and magically erased wrinkles - lolol - at least most of them.
Anyways, have a fantastic weekend and enjoy your BBQ and buddies!
It's a beautiful piece of art, I don't know why but I've always loved the color pink in hair. I checked out your work and you draw amazing! I'm a fan of the one you did of Will Smith :)
Thank you very much, Gab. I really appreciate it, also that you checked out my profile. Glad you like 'my' Will Smith - it was a fun trial of new brushes and techniques. Sadly I haven't posted very many of my drawings/paintings/mixed media pieces. I think I'll post another painting tonight or tomorrow, depending on how tonight goes.
Thanks again for your comment!
p.s. I loved that pink hair and I'm pretty certain that one day I'll have it again 😍
Sweet! I'll be looking forward to seeing it, even though I'm pretty bad I always enjoy seeing a good drawing like yours. Pink hair is the perfect expression of freedom and rebellion, plus pink is pretty cool haha.
I'm totally with you on the pink hair, but unfortunately, I value my corporate job's income too much to be a 'hair rebel' 😂
I think that's exactly why I didn't get my whole arm tattooed in a fit of madness! 😂
Nothing wrong with a little bit of reason, all in the name of self-preservation, of course.
Wow. This is a superb art. The poster colour painting gave it a professional touch.
Have you heard that ladies with large eyeballs are beautiful, yes they are, like the one you drew.
Thank you very much!
LOL - I guess that is a reason why I'm in love with painting eyes 'larger than life' in my portraits 😍
Your reason is good enough to make one giggle. Painting is one part of art that I will love to venture into soon.
I agree with @mrenglish his comment was extremely hilarious! Still smiling hours later...
You'll have to paint me someday...Although, large eyes...I might come out looking like Gollum if you paint me true to life.
OMG - @galenkp you made me LOL this morning so loud my hubby in the other room asked what was going on and I couldn't reply here then.
So, I went to work and now I'm back. The thought of Gollum - lol - this is just too good. Now I'm picturing you with Gollum's head, and eyes - bwahahahaha - and maybe an Akubra? 😇
Haha,yeah it's a good image. In truth I wish I had a button I could press that made me have a Gollum head! Oh the fun I would have with it. 😬
You want a Gollum head? You really wish to have a Gollum head?! 🤡
Lol...Well, if you saw my current one you'd understand it.
Shut up!
What a great painting! This is so cool, the shading, eyes and all. And here's me thinking my drawing was sheer brilliance. 😁
Thanks so much for getting involved and sharing this painting. So great. Would be cool to some more if your work you know.
That's a hint.
Get on it.
Searing flesh and bro's tomorrow night. Should be good. Good fellows all.
Have a good weekend.
Just realized I didn't reply to you - oh no!!!
Thank you very much! I know the pic doesn't quite comply with your ruleset and intent of your post, but I just couldn't bring myself to post a funny version. I hope I'm forgiven. I'm loving everyone's images.
A great topic with an even better approach to it! 👍
Forgiven yes. Nothing to forgive though. You got involved which is what was required.
I do the draw badly thing so that people don't get scared off thinking they can't draw so won't enter. Draw well, draw badly . it's just about getting involved and yeah, it's good to see some do so and have some fun.
Did you do this topic previously? Before I surfaced on Hive? You really did, do succeed putting people at ease. I know quite a few artists from online courses who will not post their artwork - quite sad really.
I did this topic once before back in the early days, like within the first few weeks if the topic. It went really well. I think I asked people to draw themselves doing something they enjoy. It was a pretty funny week.
I work on getting people to engage, to join in with the community, and to have some fun. It also makes it more fun for me. Taking oneself seriously all the time leads to...Well, too much seriousness. Life is there to be lived and enjoyed.
Thanks for getting involved. I am very grateful.
I'm glad you're doing this. While I try to get involved or engaged as much as I can, this weekend's topic, I just had to chime in. I couldn't let it go. It actually inspired me to post another painting, probably tomorrow as it is getting late here, but it will be a fantasy piece. Thanks for the little push 😇
You're welcome and it's so great you're posting another painting...And fantasy-oriented? Cool, I'm in. Looking forward to it.
Looks so perfect 😍
No, not perfect, far from it in every way, but that is totally o.k.
Thank you very much!
It's because I have not seen you in person or your actual pictures but the painting or the drawing seems perfect to me
I understand what you mean, Abrar, and thank you for valuing my painting skills. People who know me IRL will recognize me from the painting, but it is far from reality. Yet since I didn't aim at a reality piece (I can take a photo instead) I am totally fine with it. In fact, I do like the painting, or I would not have posted it here. I'm happy to hear that you and others like it, too.
Again, my thanks for your comments.
Perfectly you, then. That works right?
Absolutely, that's exactly what I meant 😄. I know I am not perfect and happy about that. My paintings may tell a bit of a different story and cleaner picture, on purpose or by accident.
I always say, it's our flaws, fractures and fallibility that makes us each perfectly us. We are all a litte imperfect and so no one's painting can ever be flawless.
I like that very much.
Grazie.
Omg so beautiful 😍
Thank you so much! I'm happy to hear you like it 😚
it's accurate, I like hair
Well, *accurate *may be a little too strong a word, but I'm recognizable. A younger and stylized version of myself.
I looooooved that hair. It was a really, really bright pink and then faded to this very soft and muted pink and I'm still in love with it. But with the end of the vacation the pink had to go, back to the corporate world in blond...
The translator has not put it well, he wanted to say that the drawing is perfect. now you are a good girl haha
Hahaha - translators can be a bitch, but just like GPS navigation they also can be very, very helpful.
yes si jeje
Man this is really good! Love the pink hair as well!
Thank you so much!
Yeah, I'm still in love with the pink hair. But sadly it had to go for my day job. One day...
It really is good. Like embarrassingly so. Sigh.
I presume your hair color is closer to natural than mine...
(Most of my hair is disguised as skin).
Hahahaha - I like that, it's like my hubby's hair 🤣
At the time my hair was really that color, but not too long after I went back to blonde to fit into today's corporate world. But one day I'll be pink again, or purple - time will tell.
Thanks a lot for your kind words!
Some excellent quality here with this! I think it's very difficult to do faces and you nailed it!
Thank you so much!
Totally agreed on the faces, it took me a lot of time and tons of practicing to get where I am at now. And I am definitely not at the end of my journey.
I have a pink phone case. It's in my hands as I type this. And my belt's pink too. Well so is my backpack. Beanie, shit like that. And last night my wife replaced our tooth brushes and, like all the previous tooth brush replacements, mine is pink.
I like your hair. 💖
Oh yeah. I knew where you were going with the pink toothbrushes thing. Really.
When I still smoked (over 6 months, now) I often carried a pink lighter. It's the one you get back everytime.
Have we talked about this before Tom? Seriously. And the pink ones are easiest found in the two-packs. Always at the Target check out line. That's my theory exactly sir.
Someone goes home with extra lighters at the end of the night, totally Mornal. However, it's equally Mornal for the same lighter thief to "anyone lose a pink lighter?" With their hand in the air, twirling the thing around like it's a joke but it isn't. It worked perfectly!
'Thank you? That's mine.'
When I was a bartender my friend and I kept a box of empty lighters. When we had a chance we'd exchange a drunken customer's full one for one of the empties out of our box. I didn't buy a lighter for several years. I honest to God don't remember a single pink one in the box.
Wow - you're apparently a real pink lover with so much stuff in pink 😇.
I only had my pink hair as an accent to my otherwise rather black or neutral-color appearance. Much more would have probably been overload for me. Actually, now that I think about it, one of my work-out shirts is bright pink - yay me!
But I have my own key.
Perfect!Bravo miss beautiful!
Thank you very much!! 😚
You are welcome.
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Hah - I don't know about that. Well, I am sure I can sketch you in full, however, if you recognize yourself - that is a whole different story 😅
But seriously, thank you very much for your kind words, I appreciate them very much.
Gorgeous!
Thank you!