Title: sense of self
Size: 1ft x 2ft
Medium: acrylic on canvas
Completion: July 2023
This project is based someone being their authentic self compared to faking who they are around other people. The girl on top is looking back at who she was before and how unhappy she was pretending to be someone shes not. The background colors are different to show the different feeling
within herself. Its a representation of change in a person, keeping the blonde hair showing the growth. I make the bottom (full) blonde hair look fake to show that this is not a real version of her.
Size: 1ft x 2ft
Medium: acrylic on canvas
Completion: July 2023
This project is based someone being their authentic self compared to faking who they are around other people. The girl on top is looking back at who she was before and how unhappy she was pretending to be someone shes not. The background colors are different to show the different feeling
within herself. Its a representation of change in a person, keeping the blonde hair showing the growth. I make the bottom (full) blonde hair look fake to show that this is not a real version of her.
inspiration
My inspiration is "The Two Fridas" by Frida Kahlo. In her painting she shows two versions of her self, to represent two different personalities, different versions of herself. These are to completely different parts of her yet they are still her, she shows this through her heart.
my painting is inspired by the two versions of self. Changing it a bit to show that a version of someone could be something they change about them self for other people and them realizing they shouldn't have to change and can just be them self. In my painting I did not include something connecting the to versions of the girl to something like a heart (or the hand holding between herself.) because I wanted it to look like they are looking into each other as if it was a reflection of who she used to be and how she changed form that.
my painting is inspired by the two versions of self. Changing it a bit to show that a version of someone could be something they change about them self for other people and them realizing they shouldn't have to change and can just be them self. In my painting I did not include something connecting the to versions of the girl to something like a heart (or the hand holding between herself.) because I wanted it to look like they are looking into each other as if it was a reflection of who she used to be and how she changed form that.
planning
I started by sketching out a rough sketch of the boards and what I wanted to go on them. I made a rough outline of the two girls and what I wanted them to look like.
I then went and went more detail sketches on what details I wanted in the girls. I sketched out long blonde hair for the girl I wanted to appear to be more fake looking. I didn't put much detail into the hair so it would look fake and a bit uncomfortable to look at, I then put a shorter hair look on the other version of the girl, having the blonde hair more grown out and easier to look at.
I then went and went more detail sketches on what details I wanted in the girls. I sketched out long blonde hair for the girl I wanted to appear to be more fake looking. I didn't put much detail into the hair so it would look fake and a bit uncomfortable to look at, I then put a shorter hair look on the other version of the girl, having the blonde hair more grown out and easier to look at.