Title: Portrait of Jan Zrzavy                Title: Epileptic Woman                Title: Homeless
Artist: Bohumil Kubista                      Artist: Bohumil Kubista               Artist: Lee Jeffries
Media: Oil, Canvas                              Media: Painting                           Media: Photography
Size: 96 x 79 cm                                  Size: Unknown                            Size: Unknown
Year: 1912                                           Year: 1911                                   Year: 2013-2016?

1. Why did you select the inspiration pieces?

I selected the inspiration pieces because I really like abstract art that is simple, I do not like a lot of color in photos one bright color is ok for me. I really am a big fan of black and white photography I think that you can capture every detail and can be more revealing than colored photography. These pieces just drew me in with their color and their value. I just could not pass them by.

2. Why did you select the media to create your self-portrait?

I selected the type of media for my self-portrait because I cannot draw that well and with this week being finals week I did not have much time to do anything else, I would have loved to do a collage though if I had the time to do so I could of had a lot of fun putting that together.

3. What challenges did you face in creating your self-portrait and how did you overcome them?

The challenges that I had faced creating my self-portrait was trying to get the hues and tones to match up to the first two inspiration pieces. To be honest I did not match my self-portrait to the first two inspiration pieces but I came as close as I could. It's tricky to match up colors with each other on the computer when you do not have the right software but in the end I like how it ended up turning out. 

4. How does this piece represent you?

This piece represents me by I do not like taking photos of myself and when I do I typically do not photograph my whole face. If I was sticking true to myself and what I like I would have chosen to make my photo all black and white but for this project I thought it would be better suited to stick with color so I opted to do so but I did it my way and what I thought looked best.

5. What elements and principles of art did you apply in this work?

I feel as though the elements and principles that apply in my final picture are value, color, and emphasis.

6. Did you enjoy working on this project?

In the end I really liked working on this project. It was fun looking around for inspiration portraits and being able to create my own in the end and play around with effects in order to get my ending result.

7. What do you think of your final artwork?
 

For my final thoughts on my artwork I am happy with the way it turned out and I was surprised that there was still a lot of color in my final photo that I rather enjoyed rather than having just black and white. All in all I had a fun time working on this project.