A very colorful, marker self portrait. Wonderful background design and hair textural qualities! Note, the pattern of hearts within her heart and the balanced use of lip and heart shapes and the color pink: The hot pink really pops against the neutral gray shirt and skin tone! The use of shapes and colors are done in a more graphic, or 2D flat style. The texture lines of the hair add a dynamic to the portrait creating movement and rhythm in contrast to the other static, flat shapes! The smaller confetti shapes and background curves surrounding this young artist really call attention to her image! Very nicely done.
This is an excellent "chiaroscuro" (light and shadow contrasts) pencil shaded self-portrait by a fifth grade student. A totally different mood is expressed in black and white and grays by contrast to the colorful marker portrait. Great use of lines and shading for textural qualities and shadow forms. The viewer may wonder what the young artist is thinking with a faraway look in his eyes?