The piece I made was inspired by the painting above, by Vincent van Gogh.  It was made in the post-impressionism and realism era most likely in the winter of 1885-86.  Van Gogh was largely self-taught, only getting a few months of formal training a few years before he died.  He had a large influence on the development of modern painting, especially expressionism.  I chose this artist for the actual painting, because I thought this would be a fun  piece to recreate in 3D.  I thought the construction process would be similar to that of the faces we made in the beginning of the year.  It did turn out to be a fairly identical process, except for the minor features.  The biggest challenge I faced was attaching the cigarette, since slipping and scoring it in between the teeth was a small space to work in.  I chose to leave in without clear glaze, since I thought it would look more realistic to the texture of a skull.  I'm glad that the yellow tint shows, since the painting also looks fairly yellow.  I used white, banana yellow, black, and mandarin orange underglaze for painting the outside.