Portrait paintings

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Portrait paintings

• Art with Power

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What is a portrait?

• Artistic representation of a person
• Usually shows just one person
• Face and expression is dominant
• Intent to display likeness, personality, and mood
  of the person
• Often shows a person looking directly into a
  camera to most successfully engage the audience
• Used to document historical figures, primitive
  version of photography prior to the 1800s

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Which one is a portrait?
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Different Types
The Girl with the Pearl Earring Johannes
Vermeer Three-Quarter View Head turned slightly
to the side Realistic Mood?
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Different Types
Profile View Only able to see half of the
face Mostly realistic Mood?
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Different Types
Photograph Abraham Lincoln Full Face
View Realism, how? Expression? Importance?
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Expressive Portraits

• Mood or expression is more important than
  likeness
• Can see the artists hand in the craft
• Unrealistic and fantastical

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Matisse
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Expressive Portraits
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Francis Bacon
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What you will be doing
Creating your own expressive self-portrait First,
we will practice drawing realistic facial
features. Then we will experiment with
continuous contour drawings to loosen up. Then
create our own portraits using water-soluble oil
pastels. Skin color is not an option.