I like the look !!! you earned another 5 minutes ..

Carol I think you should put your 45 min. portrait up as your avatar. The one you have keeps mesmerizing me, it looks like a lady dancing.

It's Tooooo big !!close one eye and make it go away..

I think it's amazing, very very good likeness so quick. I myself have not tried a self port. I am too critical of my work and I don't think I would ever be happy with it.

I suppose I could try though.

Go back and read my Moody Blues stuff.. If I can make myself do it then surely you can too.. I think the idea is mostly to have fun and if ya hiccup just right you may actually learn something in the process.. I don't think 5 minutes is the magic number.. Do it fast as your comfortable with ..

Some great instant chicken's self-portraits here! Here are mine- don't know precisely 3, 4 or 5 minutes each. Didn't bother to measure. Lost more time to scan them.

Sveta, these are fantastic! Which one is you?

Thank you, Steve. I won't tell which one I am - it's good to have you wondering.

fantastic self portrait Sveta.. and the chick is wonderful too!

How do you do this? Do you look in a mirror? Or take it from a photograph? I used a mirror, consequently, I'm looking down and am all scrunched up and showing a few too many chins for my liking! I'm sure I'm not that fat!

I have a mirror hanging on the wall in the corridor. Looking down would be difficult.

I'm supposed to be studying very hard right now, so don't tell my boyfriend. Here is my 4 minute chicken

And here is my selfportrait. After 15 minutes a perfect example of how I don't look

I used a picture to draw from, but it didn't work out that well. My eyes are drawn too big, the space between my nose and my lips is too big and I have great difficulties with drawing teeth.

But it all doesn't matter --> It only provides me an excuse to practice more

Is there an Admin in the house? otomoto has a link to a **** site in the sig.

I see what you mean - I've just reported it. I've just finished two 5 min sketches of me from photos. They're rubbish, but I'll scan them in the morning - dog needs out.

Offending post is gone.

great job for a short time!

Thanks, Ernest. I drew these two yesterday evening from photos - didn't have a mirror handy. They took about 5 minutes each - which didn't give me enough time to put in all the wrinkles!