Tag Archive 'portraiture'

Oct 11 2008


Facing Forward

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We finished our self-portraits! We are a pretty fine looking crew, don’t you think? Not every student portrait is represented in this mosaic, but I will up-date this image as the last few are handed in. These were our first self-portraits, and it’s an exercise we will repeat. Many artists, from Rembrandt to van Gogh [...]

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Sep 16 2008


Facing Yourself: Drawing a Self-Portrait

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The Challenge: Draw a self-portrait. It’s tougher than it sounds! The Tools: A hand mirror, pencil, paper, and ruler (to prove to ourselves that our eyes are only half-way up our heads–not closer to the top!) The Learning: First, we looked at this video of portraits of women in the last 500 years: do you [...]

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