1. Vinny LaPage

2. -Created by Edward Munch -Created with oil, tempa, and and pastel; also paint -Backdrop is in Norway -Sold for $120 million -Most famous portrait after Mona Lisa -Symbolizes life’s agony, pressure, anxiety, strain, and deep thought, Many think of it as a very disturbing artwork. http://www.sothebys.com/en/sales-series/2012/impressionist- modern-art-evening-sale/overview.html

3. -Created by Pablo Picasso -Oil on canvas -Created during a relationship with Dora -Richly layered brushstrokes -Complex/dense patterning of Dora’s dress -Created when their was tension in their relationship due to occupation by Nazi’s -Used to express emotion/frustration http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dora_Maar_au_Chat

4.  I planned to create my portrait emphasizing the characteristics of hair, and an eye patch. I thought this would be a challenge, especially creating the eye patch; I was right. I wanted to make the hair extraordinary and ugly, just not hideous. I decided that I would make the hair 2 two different colors, black and gray. For the eye patch, I needed to create a light source to make it as realistic as possible.

5.  As I was using water colored pencils, it was difficult to get the right values I wanted. Right away it was hard to decide how much water to use. This made all the difference. One little mistake can really change your drawing, which I learned the hard way. I was able to fix it though. This took a lot of time doing this on large paper, but I patiently thought it all out and worked slowly to create what I had in mind. Creating these unusual characteristics was very interesting, because I was trying to create a portrait that was ugly-pretty. I am not the best artist, but I think I accomplished my own expectations. Process…