Emma Such

Hello! So here I’m posting another Lock-Down portrait because we are living in unique times and my husband’s beard progression symbolises this well (he’s usually clean-shaven!). For this portrait sketch I started with an even pencil scribble across the whole page. I do this sometimes to get rid of the white space which can be really off-putting at times. I then worked into the ‘scribble’ (or ‘dark tone’) with an eraser picking out the rough outline of the nose, forehead and lips. I then worked into this with pencil. This is a sketchbook study so I’ve left it quite rough around the edges. I’m fairly happy with the proportion- there is definitely a likeness to my subject although there is probably some room for improvement(what else are sketchbook studies for?). Hair is another area I’d like to spend some more time on. This may come up in a future post!

By Emma Such

July 2020

So tonight I created this Self-Portrait…late at night…because my daughter is 3… and now asleep… so it’s Mummy’s time to make some art! (Nevermind that I’m Teaching online tomorrow as we’re still in UK COVID 19 Lockdown and the news is looking more dire by the minute).

So how did it go? Well on reflection, this portrait; which was worked from a breezy and light sort of image has morphed instead into how I am feeling now- tired and glassy-eyed. Weird how at times your drawings transform into how you are feeling in ‘the moment’- probably more acceptable as it was me that I was drawing! I wonder how people feel about the Artist becoming an intrinsic and subconscious part of the artwork?

By Emma Such