Salvador Dali - Soft Self-Portrait with Grilled Bacon 1941
David Hockney - Self-Portrait - 1954
1. Why did you select the inspiration pieces?
I felt like I wanted to collect a variety of styles of self-portraits, and these were three that I wasnt very familiar with before this assignment. All three are different mediums as well which I found interesting.
2. Why did you select the media to create your self-portrait?
Honestly, being at home for this long I've mostly run out of a lot of materials with the exception of the magazines that show up that I never throw away. Collage has never been something I was great at and it looks a bit like something a 4th grader might make in a craft class, but in my dream land it would have turned out more like David Hockney's piece.
3. What challenges did you face in creating your self-portrait and how did you overcome them?
Lack of materials. I usually have a lot of paint on hand but have run out of most everything in the last few weeks. Even with the stack of magazines I did have to go through, it was really hard for me to find large sections of the same color to kind of build something a little more realistic.
4. How does this piece represent you?
Well since its a collage of stuff I've cut out of the food magazines I get, I feel like it covers a lot of bases for me. There's a bit of a face in it, as well as some really great modern furniture and a lot of food, including waffles. A pile of my priorities in a mish-mosh of cut of magazine pages.
5. What elements and principles of art did you apply in this work?
I did try to make sure it had some balance to it, and worked to continue to lines throughout so it has more of a shape.
6. Did you enjoy working on this project?
I actually really did. Though I didnt have all of the materials I would have liked, it was a really calming thing to work on so it did a nice job to really keep me distracted from chaos for a bit.
7. What do you think of your final artwork?
I think it turned out alright, though I've got no plans to show it off to friends and family.
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