Icebreaker - Self Portrait

For this first session I had to create a self portrait as an icebreaker. As we usually draw in the sketchbook, this time I have decided to do something different as my skills when drawing are not the best ones. 

My self portrait is a picture that I use for my website that I have to create on the first term for the module of Digital Arts. With that same picture I have painted some parts of the image with black acrylic paint and then stamp this into the sketchbook. 

Mixed media that I have use: Acrylic paint, brush and sketchbook.

Was intuitive how I wanted to show myself in a portrait and this technique came to my mind easily. However, when I have started painting with the acrylic paint I found it difficult because the paint was drying faster. So, the next step was to go slowly on the image and do it by sections. I was not completely happy with the first result because I did with more water that the necessary and the image, as you can see, has many black areas which interfere with the result that I wanted as you can on the second piece.  I had a break to clear my mind and after a couple of hours I started working in a new piece. Same process and I knew it what and how I could easily achieve this result. 

This idea was so clear in my mind that I felt so happy and excited through this process. Even without many drawing skills I feel that I did something really good when I think about creativity. With this achievement I started the second term with a good sense of understanding in this kind of technique.