Portraits

 Why paint portraits? What can they tell us?  Cheap model (for self portraits)  Cool Gifts for friends and family  Great way to make extra money  For Fun………..other reasons?

Portraits self portrait Often Artists like to draw themselves! This is called a self portrait.

Self Portrait self portraits Here are some artists’ self portraits:

Self Portrait Vincent Van Gogh

Self Portrait Frida Kahlo

Self Portrait Pablo Picasso

Self Portrait Kathe Kollwitz

Self Portrait Roger Shimomura 1939-

Self Portrait Marc Chagall

Self Portrait Andy Warhol

Self Portrait Mary Cassatt

Assignment  Two portraits- each one drawn from a different angle  Choice of color pencil or oil pastels  Turn in Self Evaluation Rubric together with Portraits (choose best one)

Do’s and Don'ts  Do not leave large areas of blank white page or background ----no ants in a snow storm  Do Fill in the entire page with your design  Do color the entire page  Do practice composition using at least 3 thumbnail sketches  Do use imagination –make it interesting and fun

Self Portrait mirror self portrait A mirror can be an important when you make a self portrait.

Other ideas  You don’t have to settle for a boring background  Use magazine pictures for background  Use computer or phone images (take Pictures)  Use old family pictures

Techniques

Self Portrait Have fun with it