Our third painting will consist of a full color self-portrait painting derived from direct observation or photographic sources on an 18” x 24” stretched canvas support.
This project will allow us to further develop our technical skills and bring conceptual content into our painting. You will be asked to think about what might constitute an image of self? This could be an image of you, or it might be an image of your room, a beloved location, a social media profile page, etc. We'll look at both historical and contemporary notions of self-portraiture as a way to provide context for how you might approach the project. The image you use must be full-color and representational.
Thinking about your Self-portrait painting
The following Powerpoint offers some historical understanding of the Self-portrait from the Renaissance to the present day (open "Speaker Notes" when viewing for the lecture points)Think about how you might create an image of self. What are those things that form or express your identity? How might your painting align with the historical tradition of the Self-portrait? How might you expand, counteract, or undermine this historical tradition?
Some guidelines:
• Your painting must be representational, that is, it needs to be a realistic, naturalistic painting. We are continuing to develop the technical skills of composition, proportion, accuracy of forms, value, edge, color, etc. and starting to consider content in painting.
• You may work direct from life using a mirror, or you may work from a photograph. If you work from a photograph, you may transfer the image using direct observation, a grid enlargement system, or an opaque projector. If you want to project your image, it must be less than 6" x 6" to fit on the tray of the projector. This youtube video does a good job of showing you how to do a 1:2 grid enlargement:
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