HANS-MY-HEDGEHOG ILLUSTRATIONS: ARTWORK BY JESSICA M. BOEHMAN
  • Blog
  • The Artist
  • Color
  • B&W
  • Portraits
  • Nature
  • Shorts
  • Books
  • Shop!
  • Contact

Self

12/21/2010

0 Comments

 
Picture
"Self Portrait with Spade" 2007 Jessica Boehman
A while back I decided to experiment in pen and marker to make some minimalist self portraits.  My natural tendency is to do lots of shading, and these are essentially reduced to line and color.

One was inspired by some printed paper I had on hand from a gorgeous paper shop in Rome.  I only had a red marker and a pen--not so much to work with--so I wanted to keep it simple. Though I've always been a brunette, in these two pictures I experimented with color, first red, and then black.  The last one does away with hair altogether.

For this image I juxtaposed two patterns of the paper to produce the desired result.  There's something Baroque or Rococo in feel to this one that I really enjoy.  The paper records part of the opera "Pagliacci" by Ruggero Leoncavallo.

Picture
"Self Portrait, White as Snow" 2007 Jessica Boehman
This one was a challenge in pattern.  I wanted to do a play on the idea of a sleeping Snow White, with black hair, white skin, and red lips.  The skin of the face is composed of a snowflake.  The background I made into a pattern of apples and vines. I especially like how they mirror under the neck, creating a sort of collared shirt that also becomes the background.   I continued the idea of flat patterning in this next self-portrait.

I've always had pretty much a hate-hate relationship with my large Italian hair. It obeys some of the time, if weather conditions are perfect. Most of the time it feels out of control. I imagine that Medusa felt much the same way.  The snakes in the hair are repeated in the flat pattern motif of the fore- and background.
Picture
"Self Portrait with Green Eyes" 2007 Jessica Boehman
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Hans-My-Hedgehog

    Hans-My-Hedgehog Illustrations is the name of Jessica Boehman's blog and illustration shop.  It is named after her favorite fairy tale about a hedgehog boy who becomes king of the forest.  All other pages redirect to:
    www.jessicaboehman.com

    Thanks for visiting!
    ​

    Picture
    Picture
    Picture

    Archives

    May 2022
    April 2022
    January 2022
    December 2021
    November 2021
    October 2021
    September 2021
    August 2021
    July 2021
    May 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020
    August 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    October 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    October 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    October 2017
    July 2017
    May 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    January 2015
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014
    February 2014
    January 2014
    November 2013
    September 2013
    July 2013
    June 2013
    May 2013
    March 2013
    February 2013
    January 2013
    December 2012
    November 2012
    October 2012
    September 2012
    August 2012
    July 2012
    June 2012
    May 2012
    April 2012
    January 2012
    December 2011
    September 2011
    August 2011
    July 2011
    June 2011
    May 2011
    April 2011
    March 2011
    February 2011
    January 2011
    December 2010

    RSS Feed

      Want updates?

    Subscribe to Newsletter
  • Blog
  • The Artist
  • Color
  • B&W
  • Portraits
  • Nature
  • Shorts
  • Books
  • Shop!
  • Contact