[WE115] Weekend-Engagement - Self Portrait

Like every Friday morning I read Galen's writing suggestions and found them really intriguing this week. There's not much time left but you will find them here if you are desperate to write something within the next 8 hours or so (don't quote me on that timeframe).

The weekend immortality theme didn't seem that great but a clone - hmm, possibilities. And then there was Galen's first prompt

Your artistic weekend
Create an artwork of yourself using any medium you choose, engaging in one of your favourite weekend activities, photograph it, post it and explain your artwork. (The artwork must be of your own creation)

I honestly felt like he directed that prompt precisely at - me. What is that you say? I'm paranoid? Maybe - but I haven't been posting for the WE in a little while, mostly because I have been busy with work. I have read the prompts each week and here and there also posts but I haven't created a post myself.

So when I saw the artistic prompt I knew - this is it, this one I have to post for. And then - life happened. Hubby, an indie author, wanted to go to a colleague's book signing on Saturday. Nice waifu that I am I agreed to accompany him. And in all fairness, it was a fun little event. It also was in a Barnes & Nobles and I found an art book that just had to come home with me - hehehe. The thing is that the event was about an hour's drive away from home, the event was in the afternoon, so basically, the whole Saturday was gone. No time to work on any art.

Thankfully, I had started Friday night with this very, very loose pencil sketch and Saturday I stole a few minutes before making dinner to lay down the first layer of watercolor.

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I did one or two self-portraits previously they were a bit more realistic than this one here. This one was to show the two quite different sides of me though it does have realistic elements e.g. the multiple earrings.

On the right-hand side is my somewhat drab, colorless life of working in corporate America, looking down somewhat seriously at my desk. And on the other hand my dreamy and colorful life as an artist and photographer looking up to the stars. There always have to be stars. You can find stars in a lot of my artwork.

Here are a few more photos of the work in progress.

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This is a mixed media piece on a thick (140 lb/300 g/m2) and 11x14" / 27.9x35.6 cm big mixed media paper and a mix of pencil, watercolors, acrylic paint (white and gold), Micron pens, Posca pens, and the little metal moons, stars, and rhinestones.

A piece like this may not look like much but it still takes hours to finish, basically all Sunday. And it was a good way to spend this Sunday. Thank you, Galen.

Here are a few more zoomed-in pictures of some of the details as well as the final finished piece. Oh and a little gif 😇.

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Have a great start to the new week!

Cheers,
(Ocean)Bee

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