1. Portraits

2.  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?

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

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

6. Self Portrait Vincent Van Gogh 1853- 1890

8. Self Portrait Frida Kahlo 1907- 1954

9. Self Portrait Pablo Picasso 1881- 1973

10. Self Portrait Kathe Kollwitz 1867- 1945

12. Self Portrait Roger Shimomura 1939-

13. Self Portrait Marc Chagall 1887- 1985

14. Self Portrait Andy Warhol 1928- 1987

15. Self Portrait Mary Cassatt 1844- 1926

18. 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)

19. 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

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

21. 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

22. Techniques

24. Self Portrait Have fun with it