her own culture.

my second topic for ib art is "culture". i decided to explore one of my closest friends culture in depth and chose to do facial paint on her because i thought it was an interesting media. my friend, ting is taiwanese and the colors of her flag is red, blue and white. however, ting is in love with the color pink so i decided to include it in the painting because it is part of her OWN culture. i let her choose the pattern because it is to represent HER self. i used acrylic paint on her face and photographed her in the outfit she chose herself to wear. the tiara is to show that to herself, she is her own princess. she said so herself. :P. the phone is an important object to her, she can't live without it so i included it. i took pictures of her on her balcony. since she is so naturally stunning, it only took a couple of photos until i was satisfied. with the help of li, i edited the photos making it all black and white, except the parts that i wanted to keep in color (face, lips, pink high light, shoes, phone). i want to explore this style more, so i have decided to do the same to a couple of other friends of mine as well.