This painting is a 3'x4' self portrait on canvas from life. I painted it in the studio at the school in a very large mirror on the wall. This painting took over 3 weeks to complete because I had to wait each night until the studio was completely empty to be able to have the lighting where I needed it to be. All in all I am pretty happy with how it turned out. I approached it differently than most paintings I do, first because of the size, second because I couldn't work the entire painting while it was still wet. This ended up being a pretty big challenge and a lot of swear words were directed towards this painting but in the end it came together. I liked the idea of painting myself doing a painting of myself. You learn quite a bit about yourself as when you stare in a mirror at all the details for hours and hours on end. It was an awesome experience that I plan on repeating.
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