The first eye was made in August of 2020. It is titled "The First Portrait" because it was the first portrait I had succesfully painted. I was studying grayscale (painting in shades of gray, black and white). I had just learned about the anatomy of the face, I learned the formes and structures of the face and I put it to preactice. What inspired this piece was the fact that I saw beautiful paintings of portraits on my instagram feed. I was awe-struck and I aspired to be able to create portraits like the professionals I saw at the time.