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\"Self,

Self, 2009 (mirror inverted), by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n

This is a self-portrait, drawn in 40 minutes this past Sunday evening.\u00a0 The version above has been flipped across the vertical axis so it appears as I appear to others, rather than as I see myself in a mirror.\u00a0 My self-portraits always look a bit angry.\u00a0 I think it’s just the intensity of the artist’s stare.\u00a0 I must look like quite an ogre to the models who pose for me!<\/p>\n

While making this drawing I put a camera looking over my shoulder, set to take a picture every 30 seconds.\u00a0 Here are some selected stages in the development of the drawing.<\/p>\n

In the first two minutes, I roughed in the highlights, drawing with the edge of my crayon:<\/p>\n

\"Self,

Self, 2009, by Fred Hatt, in progress at 1:30<\/p><\/div>\n

Next I started outlining the bright shapes:<\/p>\n

\"Self,

Self, 2009, by Fred Hatt, in progress at 4:30<\/p><\/div>\n

And then the dark areas:<\/p>\n

\"Self,

Self, 2009, by Fred Hatt, in progress at 7:30<\/p><\/div>\n

I started bringing in the color of the warm-toned light to my left:<\/p>\n

\"Self,

Self, 2009, by Fred Hatt, in progress at 10:00<\/p><\/div>\n

And the cooler-toned edge lighting to my right:<\/p>\n

\"Self,

Self, 2009, by Fred Hatt, in progress at 11:30<\/p><\/div>\n

Then reddish shadows:<\/p>\n

\"Self,

Self, 2009, by Fred Hatt, in progress at 14:30<\/p><\/div>\n

I started looking for the highlights within the highlights, making strokes that followed the three-dimensional contours of the face:<\/p>\n

\"Self,

Self, 2009, by Fred Hatt, in progress at 18:00<\/p><\/div>\n

By that point I was about halfway through the process.\u00a0 From this point on I was looking at color, details, and correcting distortions.\u00a0 The face was too thin, so I thickened it up:<\/p>\n

\"Self,

Self, 2009, by Fred Hatt, in progress at 23:00<\/p><\/div>\n

Toward the end of the process, I was developing the texture of hair and other details.\u00a0 These features can be drawn with a loose hand, as the energetic feel is more important than the precise detail.\u00a0 Some shadows appear reddish, while others are cooler in tone.\u00a0 I used a bluish green, the complement to the natural flesh tone, to deepen these shadows:<\/p>\n

\"Self,

Self, 2009, by Fred Hatt, in progress at 37:30<\/p><\/div>\n

I stopped at 40 minutes because I wanted the drawing to remain loose and spontaneous.\u00a0 Here’s the finished version, as drawn, not flipped as in the version at the top of the post:<\/p>\n

\"Self,

Self, 2009, by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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