Self Portrait - Finished!

Medium: Acrylic
Paper: Stretched Canvas
Size: 20"x 16
Duration 10-12 hours over three days

This is my own personal Dorian Grey which I recently completed for a monthly challenge at my local art group in Killingworth, to do a self portrait. Out of about 18 entries in the challenge, I came joint second (not too bad, if I say so myself LOL) I really enjoyed painting this, my second attempt at my self portrait, it seemed to flow easier onto the canvas than my first attempt (which to be honest, was when I began my painting journey over twelve months ago. My latest self portrait attempt, seems (in my opinion) to be a vast improvement on this first one, not only in accuracy but in technique.

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WIP My Self Portrait

Well, as I have a bit of free time between commissions, I have decided to have another attempt at painting one of the ugliest creatures ever to roam the mainland, me! So far, I've spent about three hours painting, I'm taking photos of each step, and will probably write a tutorial of my efforts. Please warn any children before looking!


So far, I've spent about 3-4 hours getting to this stage, as the light has started to go, I'll revisit it tomorrow. I want to try and get it finished before Friday, when I attend my local art club in Killingworth and can enter it in the monthly challenge, to paint your self portrait, so I'm kind of painting real fast! Here is it is before I put in his evil eyes LOL.