I had to make a self-portrait using a little mirror, so I would draw myself in the way in which I saw myself. I could make it with only a grey pencil or with either a grey pencil and colour pencils. I choose to use only a grey pencil, because I thought that would look nicer.
First, I started with drawing the form of my face. Then I drew my neck and shoulders. After I made this, I situated a horizontal and a vertical line in the middle of my face. Then I drew the outlines of my eyes on the vertical line. After this, I situated another vertical line in between the first vertical line and the bottom of my face. I drew outside lines of my nose just above this line. Then I situated another vertical line in between the last vertical line and the bottom of my face. I drew the outside lines of my mouth just above this line.
After this, I could draw all the details of my face in my self-portrait. In my eyes I drew the iris and the pupil and I gave them eyelashes as well. Above my eyes I drew the eyebrows. Then I made the details at my nose. I tried to make some shadows on both sides of my nose. Below my nose, above my mouth, I made a kind of shadow as well. I made my lips a bit darker and gave it little cracks. Below my mouth I draw a little shadow for my chin.
After I had drawn my face, I drew my hair. I did this by drawing a lot of little hairs next to each other. I tried to make it look realistic by making my hair a bit lighter on top of my head.
For this assignment I had to find a drawing which I made when I was between four and six years old. After that, I had to write a little report about what I had actually drawn.
I have chosen this drawing. I made the drawing in December 2002, when I was four, almost five, years old. The drawing is about St. Nicholas.
On the drawing, you can see St. Nicholas in the middle. I think the shape of his body looks kind of like the body of a butterfly. However, I did coloured the body in the right colour; red. I gave him one long and one short leg with both five fingers. He has got two arms as well. One of them has five fingers and the other one has seven fingers. Counting was clearly too hard for me when I was little. His head has two eyes, a nose and a mouth. I have not drawn his neck and ears. He looks a bit afraid. As assecoires I gave him his typical mitre with a cross and his staff.
On the right of St. Nicholas, I have drawn his assistent; 'Zwarte Piet'. Zwarte Piet is wearing a brown dress with a big dot in the middle. I am not so sure why I drew this dot. He has got two egual legs, but on one foot there are five toes and on the other foot I drew six toes. Apparently, I wanted to erase the six toes with my pencil, so now there are some strapes at the sixth toe. However, on both of his hands there are five fingers. His head has got two eyes a nose, a mouth, curly hair and even two very big ears. I did forgot the neck. As assecoires I gave him his sack in which he carries his typical Dutch 'pepernoten'.
On the left of St. Nicholas, I have drawn his horse Amerigo. Amerigo is purple and misses two of his legs. He misses his tail as well. On his head, he has got four long hairs. He looks a kind of curious.
I drew the background, too. On the top left, I drew a blue cloud and on the top right I drew a sun. I tried to write the word sun next to it in Dutch, zon, but I was obviously not great at spelling so I mixed up a letter and not it says 'son'.
I liked to write about this drawing. I think nobody or at least me, can not draw very well when he or she is little and that is why I am glad that the teacher wrote next to it what I had actually drawn.
