For the 100 day project, I’m creating a daily self portrait. I don’t want to feel stuck – with no ideas or creativity – on any particular day, so took some time for advance planning. Here’s a list of drawing ideas I came up with. I don’t have 100 different ideas, but don’t mind repeating these. And some of these individual ideas can be expanded. For example, one color – I could create a number of self portraits, each in a different color.
- pencil
- pen
- watercolor
- colored pencil
- pastel
- mixed media
- acrylic
- right handed (dominant hand)
- left handed
- blind contour
- tracing
- use mirrors
- shadow
- partially hide face behind object
- different body parts
- diptych
- triptych
- one color
- color schemes
- collage
- use letters only
- split face into half or quarter
- only straight lines
- distorted grid
- trace face on mirror and print with damp paper
- cardboard cutout collage
- stitched
- upsidedown
- attach pencil to long stick
- draw with eyes closed
- use foot/toes to hold pencil
- draw a thought inside of large head
- hold pencil with both hands
- close-up
- draw over a drawing
- hold pencil with a fist
- one continuous line
- darken paper with charcoal and erase face
- only dots and dashes
- clay
- found object
- wire
In my mind, I thought this project would include only drawing and painting, but as I gathered my drawing ideas, some sculptural forms popped in to my head. This 100 day project starts in 5 days! Time to gather my materials so I don’t have to hunt them down each day!
Here’s a self portrait I created in 2014 š
Can you think of other possibilities for self portraits? I’d love to hear about your ideas and add them to my list!
Rachel Imsland, Artist 
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