The artist whose style I used was Diego Rivera. A lot of his inspiration came from the mexican revolution and the working people of Mexico. I decided to make a self portrait holding a bunch of callalillies and with a rifle on my back, because women fought in the war with the men, and I love that kind of strength.
In doing this project I learned a lot about mixing and blending colors. I also had never heard of doing the complimentary color wash. I used purple for mine because the background I wanted was yellow.
This reflects who I am because I have a gentle and a tough side which is shown through the props.
My table mates helped me through this process by giving constructive criticism.
I had originally planned to be sitting on one knee instead of sitting cross-legged. It made more sense once I started painting so I had to change my idea a bit.