I am doing a piece that focuses on real people with real skin. I am doing this because not everyone has perfect skin, and in reality is this what real skin looks like. The different pieces are headshots of women that I tried to include with different things that might be considered insecurities. I used watercolor to create this and then did the highlight, I used white acrylic paint so that it would show up very vibriantly. The thing that inspired this piece was just real people and how the media always photographs people to look perfect. Instead I wanted to paint people that don't look perfect, people with that don't have perfect skin. I was inspired by people that are around me, people that look real. I feel like in a lot of media people are made to look flawless, which is not how people trule look. It can lead to many self worth problems and self doubt. So I tried to focus on making all the people I painted have one thing that might be considered an insecurity. I had trouble with making sure they all had dimension and making sure they all looked like they had shadows and light. I asked for help from people around me to see if they had any ideas on how I could add dimension, and then from that I looked back to my reference photo and added shadows and light where I thought was needed. The message that I wanted to convey would be that real people have differences and that differences are not something you should be afraid to have. I think I need to work on taking time to step away from my work and looking at what is missing while I'm working. Working on this tought me a lot about my personal work ethic and how i work without being told what to do