Self Portrait Reflection

The two aspects of my personality that I was trying to show in this picture were the shy more reserved side of myself that only people who really know me see, and the more outgoing , giggly side of me tha I how to everyone. I showed the shy side by using pale and brown colors, and the exciting side using bright, interesting colors. The difficulties I had when doing this painting were trying to make it as realistic as possible while still trying to make it look silly on one side and sad on the other. Another challenge that I faced was trying to blend the lighter paint with darker paint to make the shadows look real and believable. One of the successes that I had were the blending of different colors to make my hair look like actual hair. I used lighter browns for the highlights and darker ones for the shadows. If i were going to do this painting again, i would spend more time on it, and be more careful with the details and the shading. I would also probably choose different colors for the more serious side, because I dont think that they portrayed what I was trying to say correctly.