From an early age, art has always been an outlet for me to express my inner feelings and emotions. And when I say art, I mean many forms: music, painting, drawing, poetry. When it came to this assignment, I got to thinking. Could I really show a progression of skill in writing poetry? Within myself I prefer poetry that is not conforming to any rhyme or order, just pure, raw emotion put into words. So therefore, perfecting this skill seems impossible to me. If I were to try and perfect another kind of poetry with more structure, I would lose the creative interest. With music, I already learn songs on a weekly basis. I believe there is a creative process to learning music and if I were to try and schedule this, it would take the creativity out of this process, therefore taking my passion along with it. This leaves me with traditional art. Every toddler draws with crayons to a certain extent throughout their childhood. Pen/ marker/ crayon/ pencil on paper was always my number one choice whenever I had the option, (or the need) to be creative. I have taken countless art classes throughout the years in many different schools. Currently I am taking my second weekend workshop and sixth class overall at Tyler School of Art. In my opinion, portraits are the ultimate test in skill. Therefore, for the next 7 weeks I will drawing a self portrait everyday.My hopes are that throughout my self portraits I will see a clear progression from beginner to expert. I would also like to see a reflection of self image within each one. Meaning, that if I am feeling negative towards myself, I could possibly see a representation of this within my art. If a self portrait seems rushed or messy, this is better than a false sense of perfection . What I mean by this is that I want my portraits to be as true to my emotions as possible, for this is true art. A big part of my end product is to use new and different media to have a range of portraits in different media such as graphite, charcoal and watercolor. At the end of this project I will have a larger portfolio, greater skill, and a good grade.
