Self Portraits

     After we finished drawing fruit, we started a new project: self portraits.  These aren't regular self portraits, though.  When we're done drawing them, we paint them with our own custom color and then cover them ink.  After the ink dries, we rinse them out in water.  Our final paintings are going to be on a huge piece of paper, but we practiced on regular paper.
     My favorite part of the whole experience was creating our own color of paint.  We did this by mixing basic colors of paint together, without using white or black.  I mixed blue and green with a little bit of yellow and purple to get my color.  To get lights and darks for shading in the painting, we added black and white to our original color.
     Once the paint was dry, we coated the painting in ink.  We had to wait for the ink to dry before we could rinse it.  To rinse the painting, we held it under the sink and gently rubbed it, which took away ink and some paint, leaving behind different textures.  We used colored pencils to touch up the paintings after rinsing them.  I just finished my practice painting, and am ready to start my big one!