1. Graphic Design & Illustration Self Portraits Historical PowerPoint (Drawing the Human Head in Pencil) 1Copyright © Texas Education Agency, 2011. All rights reserved. Images and other multimedia content used with permission.

2. 2 Introduction Self-portrait: A representation of an artist that is drawn, painted, photographed, or sculpted by the artist. The history of self portraits is as long and as varied as the history of art itself, but they became increasingly popular after the mid-fifteenth century when good mirrors were more readily available. Doing a self-portrait is free and convenient. You are always close at hand as a model for your own artistic creation. Copyright © Texas Education Agency, 2011. All rights reserved. Images and other multimedia content used with permission.

3. 3 Leonardo da Vinci, 1512 Red Chalk on Paper Judith Leyster, 1630 Oil on Canvas http://www.nga.gov/education/classroom/self_portraits/act_leyster.shtm http://www.davincibio.org / Copyright © Texas Education Agency, 2011. All rights reserved. Images and other multimedia content used with permission.

4. 4 Henri Matisse Self Portrait in a Striped T-shirt 1906, Oil on Canvas http://www.artquotes.net/masters/henri-matisse/self-portrait-1906.htm Copyright © Texas Education Agency, 2011. All rights reserved. Images and other multimedia content used with permission. Picasso, Self Portrait Facing Death Mougins, 30 June 1972 Pencil and Crayon on Paper http://april04.myweb.uga.edu/picassogallery.htm

5. 5 Vincent van Gogh, Self Portrait, 1889, Oil on Canvas Paul Gauguin, Self Portrait Dedicated to Carrière, 1888 or 1889, Oil on Canvas http://www.nga.gov/education/classroom/self_portraits/act_van_gogh_closer.shtmhttp://www.nga.gov/education/classroom/self_portraits/act_gauguin_faces.shtm Copyright © Texas Education Agency, 2011. All rights reserved. Images and other multimedia content used with permission.

6. 6 Andy Warhol, Self-Portrait, 1986 Silk Screen http://www.nga.gov/education/classroom/self_portraits/act_warhol.shtm Copyright © Texas Education Agency, 2011. All rights reserved. Images and other multimedia content used with permission. Chuck Close, 1997 Oil on Canvas 102” x 84” http://www.riversoftheworld.org/view_pagecontent.php ?resourceid=3783;id=r3783#r3783

7. 7 Gilbert Stuart, self portrait, 1778. Oil on canvas. Newport, Rhode Island, Redwood Library and Athenaeum. In the public domain Copyright © Texas Education Agency, 2011. All rights reserved. Images and other multimedia content used with permission. Photograph of Self-portrait, 1920. Oil on canvas, by Duncan Grant. In the public domainDuncan Grant

8. Questions: Why do artists create self portraits? In what ways are these self portraits similar? How are they different? What types of emotions are invoked by these portraits? Look closely at the compositions of these works of art. Can you improve your composition by adjusting your use of space? 8Copyright © Texas Education Agency, 2011. All rights reserved. Images and other multimedia content used with permission.