kalbagarinao
"how i feel whenever someone compliments me"
I feel like I physically melt every time someone is remotely nice to me and I wanted to express that through literal metaphor. I painted myself using a mirror and used quick strokes that add expressiveness, painting on top of that to make the melting effect, with a portrait of myself. I first rendered the whole face out after a light sketch with opaque gouache, and then I left it to dry (with some splotches of wet paint) before spreading the paint around with a hairdryer and long brush strokes. I wanted to limit the palette, so I only used yellows and purples (particularly seen in the hair) as complimentary colors. Layering with gouache is hard past 2-4 layers, so I will take that into consideration when I paint in the future.
"how i feel whenever someone compliments me"
I feel like I physically melt every time someone is remotely nice to me and I wanted to express that through literal metaphor. I painted myself using a mirror and used quick strokes that add expressiveness, painting on top of that to make the melting effect, with a portrait of myself. I first rendered the whole face out after a light sketch with opaque gouache, and then I left it to dry (with some splotches of wet paint) before spreading the paint around with a hairdryer and long brush strokes. I wanted to limit the palette, so I only used yellows and purples (particularly seen in the hair) as complimentary colors. Layering with gouache is hard past 2-4 layers, so I will take that into consideration when I paint in the future.