1. What is a Self-Portrait?
A picture of a person
A picture of you
A picture of a cat or dog
4. A famous person

2. Examine these Self Portraits
Why does the artist create a self portrait?
What are the similarities or differences in these self portraits? Explain:
Similar
Different

3. Some Examples of Self Portraits
Vincent Van Gogh

4. Vincent Van Gogh

5. Frida Kahlo

6. Judith Leyster

7. Judith Leyster

8. Andy Warhol

9. Pablo Picasso

10. Jean-Michel Basquait

11. When artists make self-portraits, they may be asking themselves a very basic but difficult question: Who am I?
When authors write journals, diaries, letters, or autobiographies, they are also trying to find or provide answers to: Who am I?
Do these artistic methods—art and writing—help people to understand themselves better? Why is that important?

12. Why do artists make self-portraits?
Since the Renaissance, artists have used self-portraits to answer the basic question, Who am I? A mirror or a photograph can tell a person what he or she looks like, but that outer image rarely reflects the whole self. Self-portraiture asks artists to think carefully about personality, character, mood, and physical appearance in order to make decisions about how to represent themselves.
For each self-portrait, the artist must ask: what expression, posture, clothing, setting, colors, texture, style, and material best conveys the real me?

13. Self-portraits are a good way for artists to practice representing different expressions and moods.
Self-portraits live on. They preserve memories and let the artist leave his or her image behind—a way of fulfilling the human quest for immortality.

14. Who Am I I Am From
Begin to develop your idea for your self portrait by:
Answering the questions
Who Am I? is not a simple question. In fact, it leads to a long list of related questions. Here are a few:
What are the distinctive things that make me "me"?
How do I want people to see me?
How can I express my many different sides?
How can I reinvent myself for various purposes or times in my life?
How am I changing from day to day or year to year?
Who do I want to become?
Where am I from?
What do I enjoy?
Who is in my family?
Write a poem/or story:
Who Am I
I Am From