The Mindful Mind | Self-portrait '23

Drawing human is a difficult topic for me, including portrait, self-portrait. Also, there are a lot to talk a bout self-portrait. On the journey to exploring my self, I figured out that I’m the kind of person who store a lot of thoughts in mind, and somehow, these thoughts affected me in both positive and negative ways. As I said, I’m a “Thoughts-bearer”.

“To think to much is a disease” - said Fyodor Dostoyevsky, a novelist.

So I wanted self-portrait to be a journey that I can express My Own Mind. And help myself to think less, or more, I will let the journey define that. 

Drawing each part of the face is also in the project “Self-portrait”. I really like exploring my own face elements. In these elements, I try to work with knowledge of value that I had learnt. From simplifying value, to use value to express form.

In the future, I’ll explore more gouache because I’m very comfortable with this media now.