An “Alternative Self Portrait” Is Not Just A “traditional .
An “Alternative Self Portrait” is not just a“traditional” self portrait.It’s unique, interesting, different &creative to you! Express yourself!
1. Portrait a picture of a person’s face
2. Self PortraitsA portrait an artist makes usinghimself or herself as the subject.
2. Self Portraits: A portrait an artist makesusing him/herself as the subjectSelf portraits can be different styles:PhotographsRealistic DrawingsStylized or Abstract
We will create 2 selfportraits!This “Alternative” self portrait isWe willusePortrait.the grid method with the photos we already took!TRADITIONALSelfwhat we did in Art 1Realistic value drawing using It’s a stylized, high contrastebony pencil.painting using black acrylic paint.
3. Grid enlarging:process of using a grid to enlarge an image; forcopying very precisely
Old School Style!3. Grid enlarging:process of using a grid toenlarge an image; for copyingvery precisely
Gridding to thesame sizeGrid Enlarging:
4. Proportion The size of one object compared to another.A part considered in relation to the whole.A relationship between things or parts ofthings with respect to sizeProportion is the agreeable relation of partswithin a whole
4. Proportion- The size of one object compared to anotherA part considered in relation to the whole.A relationship between things or parts of things with respect to sizeProportion is the agreeable relation of parts within a whole
Proportion- The size of one object compared to another
5. Facial proportions: Guidelines that helpyou get the general size, shape andposition of features placed correctly on theface.
5. Facial proportions: Guidelines that help you get thegeneral size, shape and position of features placedcorrectly on the face.
6. Human Body Proportions Body proportions are thestudy of relation of humanbody parts to each otherand to the whole. Used to relate two or moremeasurements based onthe body.
Proportions based on Age Body proportions are the study of relation ofhuman body parts to each other and to thewhole
GUYER STUDENT EXAMPLES:Traditional Self Portraits
Painting Project Choices:High Contrast (Just black & White)More blackMore white
OR, Monochromatic Value Scale:3 values5 values
A self portrait that isnot just “traditional”.Make it unique &interesting, different &creative to you!Express yourself!
Objectives for Alternative SelfPortraits:1. Creative Interpretation of assignment – 20 pts2. Creative Use of Materials (you can collage,draw, etc.) – 20 pts3. Effort & Technical accomplishment – 20 pts4. Dynamic Composition (not boring) – 20 pts5. Craftsmanship (neatness) – 20 pts
Why do Artists createSelf-Portraits?What does the self-portrait tellyou about the artist?
8. Frida Kahlo – Mexican artist who’s tragiclife inspired her self portraits.The Two FridasSelf-portraitscan help anartistunderstandor expresshim/herself.
Self-portraits allowan artist topractice renderingdifferentexpressions andmoods.Léopold BoillyGrimacing Man (SelfPortrait)
Self-portraits canadvertise theartist’s skill topotentialcustomers.Jean-AugusteDominique IngresIngres as a Young Man
Self-portraitscan preserve amemory or bemade as a giftfor someoneelse.Everett ShinnSelf-Portrait
Self-portraiturerequires selfexploration inorder for the artistto make decisionsabout how to bestrepresenthim/herself.Ralph BartonSelf-Portrait
9. Andy Warhol – Pop art style about popularcultureSelf-PortraitWhat qualities of aself-portrait canchange the waythe artistexpresses orrepresentshim/herself?
Friday 2/1 – B3 & AB5In Art 1 We looked at 7 artists who madedifferent self portraits. Who was Yourfavorite & WHY?
Expression, posture, clothing, background, colors,texture, media, and style can all change the way yourepresent yourself.What do you want your self-portraitto say about you?
10. A mind map is aMinddiagramMappingused to represent words, ideas,pictures, tasks or other items linked to and arrangedradially around a central key word or idea.It is used to generate, visualize, structure, and classify ideas.
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Assignment Part 1 Create a preliminary mind map of your goals,interests, personality etc in your sketchbookto plan your ideas for the final project. Use a minimum of 5 large branches with 3small branches each. Draw a picture and write a word for eachbranch.
DistortionsStudent- Very Alternativeself portraits!!!Examples
Assignment Part 2 Create a 1 inch by 1 inch grid on your photograph. Create a distorted grid on your drawing paper. Using your pencil, draw the contours in each squareof your photograph to the corresponding distortedsquare on your drawing paper. Last, erase your grid lines.
Distorted Grids
M.C. EscherPrint Gallery
Student Examples
Mrs. Meisner’s Alternative Self Portrait
Mrs. Meisner – Abstract Self Portrait
Self Portraits- A portrait an artist makes using himself or herself as the subject. 2. Self Portraits: A portrait an artist makes using him/herself as the subject Self portraits can be different styles: Realistic Drawings Photographs Stylized or Abstract . We will create 2 self portraits!
The Environmental Portrait 154 The Group Portrait 155 Art History: Irving Penn 157 How To: Retouch a Digital Portrait 158 The Self-Portrait 160 Alternative Approaches: Alexa Meade 162 Student Gallery 163 Studio Experience: Fictional Self-Portrait 164 Career Profile: Fritz Liedtke, Portrait Photographer 167 Chapter Review 169 Chapter 6
Key terms: Portrait: A portrait is a representation of a particular person. A self-portrait is a portrait of the artist by the artist Sitter: A sitter is a person who sits, especially for a portrait. Gaze: Gaze describes where a person is looking, what they are looking at and how they are looking. Contemporary art: The term contemporary art is loosely used to refer to
A portrait is a painting, drawing, or photograph of a person. Usually, a portrait reveals someone’s physical appearance. It is a true likeness of that person. When you look in a mirror, you see a likeness of yourself. In a sense that’s a portrait. Jesus’ portrait does not reveal His physical appearance. Instead,
disintegration is evident in these three portraits from his famous self-portraits series: Self-Portrait with Dark Felt Hat (1886); Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear (1889); and Self-Portrait (1889). The analysis of letters from Vincent van Gogh to his brother, Theo van Gogh, are also useful when attempting to get an insight on van Gogh’s artwork.
Claude Cahun, in this remarkable self-portrait (Autoportrait, c. 1939) (fig. 1), presents herself to us in a manner that transforms, at once, the conception of the self-portrait and the very notion of the subject. It is such moments of photographic self-performance, emerging sporadically
Portrait: Distribute portrait worksheets and art materials and allow time for portrait work to begin! If you have access to a mirror, encourage students to practice their fanciest facial expressions in it and draw what they see. A self-portrait is a representa-tion of an artist that is dra
'Portrait of the Painter' also uses Dix's art as an occasion to meditate on the nature of perception and the often fraught relations between history and art, war and love. The use of the word 'Portrait' in the title self-consciously calls attention to the poet's own act of portrait-making, and in turn, the act of looking itself.
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