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Self-Portrait The History -Renaissance-artists interested in the self and individual realism -Mirrors were more commonly used Leonardo DaVinci
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Rembrandt
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Vincent van Gogh
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Symbolic Self-Portraits- Self-Portraits that “say something” Instead of your normal boring self- portrait- we are going to create a self-portrait that communicates about who you are!
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Frida Khalo Many of her works are self portraits that use symbols in the background to tell you things about her life.
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Jacob Lawrence
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M C ESCHER
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Symbolic Self-Portrait Identity- Who you are as an individual The answer to the question “who am I?” that is your identity Goals of this drawing: 1-Define who you are 2-Communicate who you are visually- through your drawing 3-Create an interesting/unique symbolic self-portrait
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Brainstorming Activity Who am I? 1-Write down the things you like to do? 2-Write down adjectives about you. As many as you can think of (tall, smart, funny, smelly, ect) 3-How would friends/family describe you? 4-If you were an animal, what kind would you be? Why? 5-What makes you unique? 6-List your important life events. 7-What do you want to do with your life? Goals, hopes, dreams, ect
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First Step-The Idea Draw some rough drafts-get brainstorming- get your ideas on paper It may take 2 or more rough draft sketches before you begin Can use a photo or a mirror
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Student Examples
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Grid for Drawing - Will use the grid system for making the drawing - Draw 1” square grid on photograph -1” square grid on plain paper - Transfer face features from photo to paper
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Symbolic Self-Portrait Grading 1-Interesting and Unique (not your usual class picture self-portrait) 2-It easily communicates visually (the viewer is able to understand what you are trying to say) 3-The self-portrait is symbolic 4-Great craftsmanship 5-Written summary/critique
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