This year for Culture Days Sophie Babeanu and I did have a fun activity where participants were drawing a selfie, the old fashion way 🙂 That is without a cell phone.
Culture Days is a weekend of free activities that are happening all over Canada, this year it was on October 1st and 2nd.
Using a mirror and washable felts, you can draw directly on the mirror and transfer that drawing to a damp paper.
Here are the steps to make a No Phone Selfie felt tip monoprint:
Draw the outlines of your face and your features directly on the mirror with washable felts
You might need to close one eye , then the other to see better what you are drawing on the mirror.
Spray a paper that is the size of your mirror (printer paper will work) with water. You can experiment with different degrees of dampness for various effects. I find it works best when you spray the paper and remove excess water with a tissue paper.
Apply your paper on the mirror and press with your hand being careful not to break the mirror
Let your portrait dry, you can add more details and colors once it is dry.
Originally from France, I have been living in North Vancouver, Canada for the past 20 years.
My work has been collected and exhibited extensively in Canada and internationally. I am also part of the Art Rentals and sales program of the Vancouver Art Gallery.
Many of my paintings have been published in Art books and magazines (Artist Magazine, Watercolor Artist Magazine, Acrylic Magazine, International Artist Magazine). I wrote 2 art instruction books with North Light/F+W Books.
I have been writing for the last 5 years for my blog: paintingdemos.com, that has a mailing list of about 10 000 subscribers and about 20 000 visitors per month.
I am an active member in the community, as a co-founder of the North Shore Art crawl, a co-founder of a weekly life drawing group, a board member of the North Vancouver Arts Council, and have been invited as a juror for public art, art grants and juried exhibitions. You can read more about my collaborations here.
