Self Portrait

Rich_A

Been a while since I posted anything. I've been painting and drawing but nothing worthy of posting. I got inspired by David Leffel to draw and paint self portraits looking in a mirror. Here's one that I'm happy with. Charcoal on paper. Thanks for lookin!

Forgiveness

Nice! That's a great excersise. I might be inclined to try this in oil sometime.

toneli

That's an excellent drawing 👌🙂

Rich_A

@Forgiveness thanks man. That is just what I did. Oil exercise. Took about an hour with mirror. 8 x 10 canvas pad.



@toneli thank you so much. I appreciate it.

Forgiveness

Now this is very exciting! Now I really have to try this myself, real soon.

shobhasartspeakz

Awesome

Bobitaly

wow beautiful!!

gar3thjon3s

Charcoal and oil painting are both excellent! Extremely difficult subject - self portraits in general, not your face specifically

oilpainter1950

Excellent!

tassieguy

Great!  A very lively portrait. 

hiragaruben

I like your style! Both the drawing and the painting looks wonderful:))

Rich_A

@shobhasartspeakz thanks.
@Forgiveness Oils are a very exciting medium.
@Bobitaly thanks brother
@gar3thjon3s thanks. As long as I get it closeI'm fine with it.
@oilpainter1950 thanks
@tassieguy thanks 
@hiragaruben thank you so much.

I painted another one more at a much larger scale using the smaller one as reference for color. 16" x 20" 

tassieguy

Wow! That's stunning. So painterly. I love the brushwork and minimal blending which impart a wonderfully crisp quality and create a very lively image. 

Rich_A

Thanks @tassieguy I appreciate it. 

GTO

Well done portrait work.  I like the painterly style.

kaustavM

You got the skills for colors, shapes, abstraction. I also feel that you have understood how to show intensity. Great works!

hiragaruben

lovely! I agree with the others! I like the painterly quality of it!:) 

ArtGal

this is very well done portrait @Rich_A, love the abstractness and the color scheme on the last one

toneli

Gorgeous portraits, both of them. Very painterly 👌🙂

dencal

Rich_A

Excellent drawing and paintings. Fast and fantastic.

Denis

Pinetree

I prefer the smaller sketch. Very nice!

Julianna

Go you!!!!!!!     I love all of these!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   

JessicaArt

wow awesome!! I love the drawing and quick oil the best!! All are amazing but I especially love those! 

toneli

Superbly painted. Love the brushwork and expressivity.

Rich_A

Thanks everyone for the kind words of inspiration. Here's a couple more I did out of boredom.

BOB73

Fabulous, I don't know how I overlooked these when you first posted them. I owe you a bunch of hearts for awsomes.

oilpainter1950

Excellent!

Catlady

Lord have mercy, your portrait is AWESOME

I love your style, must upload my own self portraits, xxxxxxxxxxx

kaustavM

Awesome selfies!

tassieguy

These are really good, @Rich_A. The drawing really grabs me. I love the way you've juxtaposed blue and red, a cool and a warm, and just a couple of white highlights to give the feeling of form. 

Rich_A

@BOB73 thanks brother. Hearts back atcha. 
@A_Time_To_Paint I appreciate all your support.
@oilpainter1950 thank you so much
@Catlady thank you so much. Please do. I'm loving your art.
@kaustavM thank you brother
@tassieguy thanks. I was experimenting with cools and warms. The warms push forward and the cools push backward.

There's a selfie painting competition I'm thinking about entering. 

https://artistandselfiepaintings.artcall.org/

Catlady

WOW,  excellent self portraits...
Must upload some of my own self portraits.
Rambrant did 100 self portraits in his life time. xxxxxx