Final version of self portrait

 Another process shot, and the final version.

Acrylic on canvas, 20"x20"

Matt Bernson 2013

Self-portrait process on Eyebrow/Beard with GIF

Here's more progress on my current self-portrait.

Doing a self-portrait with a weird facial expression is an exciting challenge.

Getting those wrinkles in there to show the parts that are indirectly affected make all the difference.

Acrylic on canvas  20"x20"  Matt Bernson  2013

Self-Portrait process GIF

Self-Portrait that I've been working on.

Acrylic on canvas 20"x20"

You can see the process from start to current version in the GIF at the top.

Below the GIF are the two newest versions, with the older at the bottom.

Matt Bernson 2013

Self-Portrait Progress

Acrylic on canvas   20"x20"

Matt Bernson 2013

Latest Process Pic of Self-Portrait

I've been trying more Golden heavy body acrylics, and fine that I'm liking them more than I thought I did.  The first one I got was the Primary Yellow in a tube, but it seemed too runny to be heavy body.  That turned me off for a while, but then so many people seemed to prefer it.  When I asked an employee at Utrecht, she said that the yellows tend to be thinner than the other heavy body acrylics from Golden.   I've been enjoying the kind of transparency that I can get with the Bone Black and medium.  The Diarylide Yellow is a really warm color,  and I got a jar instead of a tube.  I'm glad that  I did because it seemed like it had separated a bit.  When I mixed it around, it became the consistency that I expected from a heavy body acrylic.