The DOODLES, DESIGNS, and aRT of CHRISTOPHER BURDETT: self portrait

Wednesday, January 14, 2015

Self Portrait 2: Teeth and Tongue

Today I have the second in a series of self portraits. Back in November I shared the first of these very flattering images of myself. I talked about working traditionally on Monday in my look back at 2014 and this piece is a part of that. ...in its own special, creepy, drooling kind of way. Here is the second in a series of self portraits I am working on...

Self Portrait 2: Teeth and Tongue

5 x 7 - Acrylic, pencil, and gouache on board

Original - SOLD

There is a corresponding drawing to this painting, of course. As with some of my other smaller paintings the drawing is bigger then the painting. Here is the drawing for this self portrait...

Self Portrait 2: Teeth and Tongue

9 x 12

Pencil on paper

Original for sale over on my web store!

I was not expecting to have this painting on my schedule anytime soon, but when a window of time opened to work on it I acted on it. I was working quickly with some starts, stops, and gaps in painting times. Because of all this I did not do a good job of documenting the piece coming together. Also, after just finishing two paintings for a client and documenting those exhaustively, I kind of didn't want to take a bunch of photos as I worked. Here a just a couple images that I took while working on this piece...

Self Portrait 2: Teeth and Tongue - Process

That is all for another exciting Wednesday on the blog, see you back here on Friday! Until then...

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Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Self Portrait 1: Pucker Up

On Monday I shared with you a traditional painting from back in January, the Uber Grotesque, today I have for you something a little more recent. This piece was completed early October and should better show what my current traditional work looks like and how much it has changed since January. Here is the first of a series of self portraits I am working on...

Self Portrait 1: Pucker Up

5 x 7

Acrylic, pencil, and gouache on board

Original for sale over on my web store!

There is a corresponding drawing to this painting, of course. As with some of my other smaller paintings the drawing is bigger then the painting. Here is the drawing for the self portrait...

Self Portrait 1: Pucker Up

9 x 12

Pencil onpaper

Original for sale over on my web store!

As I am want to do I documented this painting coming together so that I could share it here on the blog. Here are a series of photos of the this painting taking shape. You can see what has changed and long the way. If you keep going till the end you will also see an little animated gif of the painting process to get a better feel for the steps...