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Advanced Drawing and Painting

Self Portraits

Historical PowerPoint

(Drawing the Human Head in Pencil)

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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.

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Leonardo da Vinci, 1512 Red Chalk on Paper

Judith Leyster, 1630Oil on Canvashttp://www.nga.gov/education/classroom/self_portraits/act_leyster.shtmhttp://www.davincibio.org/


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Henri Matisse Self Portrait in a Striped T-shirt1906, Oil on Canvashttp://www.artquotes.net/masters/henri-matisse/self-portrait-1906.htm


Picasso, Self Portrait Facing DeathMougins, 30 June 1972Pencil and Crayon on Paperhttp://april04.myweb.uga.edu/picassogallery.htm

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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.shtm

http://www.nga.gov/education/classroom/self_portraits/act_gauguin_faces.shtm


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Andy Warhol, Self-Portrait, 1986Silk Screenhttp://www.nga.gov/education/classroom/self_portraits/act_warhol.shtm


Chuck Close, 1997Oil on Canvas 102” x 84”http://www.riversoftheworld.org/view_pagecontent.php?resourceid=3783;id=r3783#r3783

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Gilbert Stuart, self portrait, 1778. Oil on canvas. Newport, Rhode Island, Redwood Library and Athenaeum. In the public domain


Photograph of Self-portrait, 1920. Oil on canvas, by Duncan Grant. In the public domain

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duncan_Grant

Why paint a picture of yourself?

Artists would paint portraits of themselves

because they were the only ones who

could paint not only the outside,

but what the artist was like on the

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This is a painting of Picasso during his blue period. Can you guess why he is painted all blue. Think about the color blue. Singers sometimes say they are singing the blues when the are sad.

History of portraits

http://prezi.com/_utciq0bz5df/self-portrait-art-history/

Check out the web page and answer the questions on the hand out for homework.


Project 1 The easiest place to

start is using your own picture.

Lightly geso over it so you can see through the geso to the image.

Create contour lines using pencil over the main lines (eyes, nose, mouth neck)

You can change your appearance by adding details.

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Project Requirements

1. your name must be on the back of your work.

2. you must use an image of you.

3. neatness is key 4. be creative, what

can you add that represents you?

Hand in your finished work to mrs. Comstock. (don’t leave it in your drawer.)


Project 2: Inside My Head

You will create a profile of yourself. Inside yourself you will draw things that represent you.

You need to shade in this project.

Pencil only! In your sketch book.


Project 3: contour line selfie!

In your sketch book draw a realistic image of your self using a photo as your guide.

No shading just lines.


Project 4: value portrait

Pick another image of yourself to draw in contour lines in your sketch book.

Fill in using your value scale.


Project 5: Oil pastel portraits

You will draw either your self or a friend in contour lines.

Using oil pastels to blend and create and interesting composition.

It is best to work dark to light by changing colors, tints/shades!

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Project 6: What’s inside of Me?

Using a pencil and some watercolor paint create a profile view of yourself and draw/paint what is inside of you that make you who you are.


Project 7: up close and personal selfie

In your sketch book draw an up close and personal image of you.

Using only pencil to shade. Remember cross hatching, stippling, and blending in this.


Project 8: surrealism selfie A style of art and literature developed

principally in the 20th century, in which fantastic visual imagery from the subconscious mind is used with no intention of making the artwork logically comprehensible.

. Involves fantasy & dreams Is illogical Stresses the subconscious In your sketch book create a surreal

self portrait. Remember it needs to be dream like/ illogical. Work from an image of your self.

Choice of medium is yours.


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