Download - HUNTER Self portraiture
Territories of the Face
Self Examination
Warm UP: Draw a cartoon version of yourself as a famous historical figure.
The Old Master
The Old Master
Rembrandt van Rijn created more than 90 portraits of himself that date from the outset of his career in the 1620s to the year of his death in 1669. He created an autobiography in art that is the equal of the finest ever produced…
"Over the years, Rembrandt's self-portraits increasingly became a means for gaining self-knowledge, and in the end took the form of an interior dialogue: a lonely old man communicating with himself while he painted."
1627-28
1628
1629
1629
1629
1629
1630
1630
1631
1631
1632
1634
1634
1634
1636
no date
1639
1640
1642
1642-43
1645
1648
1658
1659
1659unfinished
1661
1662
1665-69
1669Aged 63
1669Aged 63
1669
1669
Updated Version…
http://www.bypassfanpages.com/2010/10/this-guy-took-a-picture-of-his-face-every-day-for-8-years/
The “True” Image
Cozy Cafe - in the East Village. 43 East 1st Street or the Piink Pony on Ludlow.
Portrait Periods The National Portrait Gallery of London
Portrait Periods Elizabethan and Tudor – 1485 to 1603
1505
1521-25
1535-40
Portrait Periods Stuart Period – 1603 to 1714
1613
1618
1629
Portrait Periods Georgian and Regency – 1714 to 1837
1700
1747-49
1761-62
Portrait Periods Victorian and Edwardian – 1837 to 1901
1834
1842
1863-68
Portrait Periods Twentieth Century
1914
1918
1929
1936
1980
Portrait Periods Contemporary 1990+
1990
1995
1997
1999
Portraits From Various Sources
Chuck Close
Chuck Close
Lucian Freud
Alex Katz
Clementine Hunter
Francis Bacon
Andy Warhol
Frida Kahlo
Portrait “How To” From Various Sources
http://media.academyart.edu/freeclass/
Don't Do That!
• DON'T draw an eye like this! So many things are wrong with it. Notice that the eyebrow is kind of close to the eye itself. Should it really be this way? Often, the eyebrow is higher up. Look at your model closely, and make sure that you get the eyebrow placed in the proper place.
• The eye is too much like a fat almond shape here. The eye should have more of an angular, asymmetrical almond shape. There is no tear duct thingie. People will notice its absence, if only subconsciously.
• The thickness on the bottom lid is drawn badly. This area should be drawn with a delicate touch - if not, the eye will look uncomfortable. The hard line that goes all across the bottom lid is not flattering.
• The line underneath it (where the eyelashes are) just makes the whole bottom lid look ugly.
• The eyelashes look too spikey, and are starting to resemble spider's legs. Creepy-looking.• The iris is not round. It has to be round! ROUND, I tell you! The pupil also is not round, and is not
concentric with the iris. Too much of the iris is showing. Usually (unless the person has had waaay too much caffiiene) there is a lot more of the iris concealed underneath the top eyelid.
• Also, what are those wheel-spoke lines coming out from the pupil? That's just wrong. Wrong, I tell you!
• There is no shading on the eye, eyelid, or anywhere. It makes the eye look flat.
Step One
Split the bottom half of the face into three equal sections between the bottom of the eyes and the bottom of the chin. Use a pencil and don't try too hard to be perfect as this part of the drawing is very rough.
Step Two
Draw in with a pencil the bottom or tip of the nose that should rest on the first third line of the bottom half of the face.
Step Three
Fill in the upper lip by drawing a line about half way up the second third of the bottom half of the face. The edge of the mouth should line up with the middle of the eyes
Step Four
Pencil in the indent of the chin by drawing a line half way up the bottom third of the bottom half of the face. The nose, middle of the lips and chin indent should all line up.
Step Five
Sketch the bottom of the chin in line with the bottom of the third section.
Step Six
Indicate hairline about half way up the upper half of the face. This would indicate a younger portrait whereas a hairline further up indicates a receding line or an older person.
Step Seven
Use pencil to draw in the rest of the features marked out in previous steps.