This is a very basic self portrait that was done with black acrylic paint on watercolor paper.  It was meant to be the first in a series of similar styled acrylic portraits but to date the only other completed portrait was the one that I did of my friend Derek.  I hope to complete a total of one dozen portraits by the end of 2010. I prefer working in acrylic because it offers me a certain degree of flexibility that I cannot achieve with oil paints. And I also like the fact that acrylic paints dry much quicker so I can complete a project and have it ready to hang in a short amount of time.