I thought that the theme I was eager to express through images was the depression of the entire population living in the city, and whether a single head portrait can fully express the feelings of all urban people is questionable. I considered the series of paintings by Philip akkerman, a famous Dutch artists, was worth learning from. Each of his paintings represents life in casual days, and the whole series contains different feelings and expressions in different scenes, which may be of great help to me in the diversity of urban life. At the same time, his self-portraits, such as Self-Portrait 2014Philip Akkerman - Self-portrait 2014 no.8, are more vivid and not abstract, endowing people emotion. The corners and facial features of the head are more distinct, and the changes of human mood in a day are shown through the cool and warm colors of creatures.

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Akkerman,P. Self-portrait no.8 (2014),Oil