Azura Mayall

Kalamunda Senior High School

Year 10

Pen on paper

60 x 42 cm

My artwork is a portrait of me wearing glasses and looking directly at the viewer. I used ballpoint pen for my portrait instead of a traditional medium and experimented with different pen strokes and textures. Unlike with pencil or paint, you have to use lines, dots or cross hatching to create tonal value. At first I was nervous about doing this, but once I found the right strokes to use, it was successful.