equipment, and colours. using different materials ... · a self -portrait is when an artist makes a...

2
What is a Portrait? A portrait is a picture of a one person or a small group of people. People can make portraits in lots of ways, using different materials, techniques, equipment, and colours. Mona Lisa (1503-1517) by Leonardo da Vinci What is a Self-Portrait? A self-portrait is when an artist makes a picture of himself or herself. Photo courtesy of buggolo, Kevin Hutchinson (@flickr.com) - granted under creative commons licence – attribution Leonardo da Vinci used chalk on paper. Vincent Van Gogh used paint and swirling brush strokes. Andy Warhol used photography and screen printing. Can you draw a self portrait?

Upload: others

Post on 27-May-2020

2 views

Category:

Documents


0 download

TRANSCRIPT

Page 1: equipment, and colours. using different materials ... · A self -portrait is when an artist makes a picture of himself or herself. ... Picasso was a Spanish artist and is one of the

What is a Portrait?

A portrait is a picture of a one person

or a small group of people.

People can make portraits in lots of ways,

using different materials, techniques,

equipment, and colours.

Mona Lisa (1503-1517) by Leonardo da Vinci

What is a Self-Portrait?

A self-portrait is when an artist makes a picture of himself or herself.

Photo courtesy of buggolo, Kevin Hutchinson (@flickr.com) - granted under creat ive commons licence – attr ibut ion

Leonardo da Vinci usedchalk on paper.

Vincent Van Gogh used paint and swirling brush strokes.

Andy Warhol used photographyand screen printing.

Can you draw a self portrait?

Page 2: equipment, and colours. using different materials ... · A self -portrait is when an artist makes a picture of himself or herself. ... Picasso was a Spanish artist and is one of the

Pablo Picasso Picasso was a Spanish artist and is one of the most famous artists in the world. Picasso painted realistic and abstract portraits. He began something called cubism. Cubist paintings are made up of lots of shapes.

Can you spot which portrait is realistic and which is abstract?

Andy Warhol

Andy Warhol was a

Pop Artist.

He used a technique called screen printing to create

lots of prints that look the same.

He often changed the

colours of the pictures.

Photo courtesy of Sharon Mollerus (@flickr.com) - granted under creat ive commons licence – attr ibut ion

Repeating Images

Andy Warhol used repeated images of famous people in

different colours to create some of his most famous portraits.

Photo courtesy of i-d.vice.com

Henri Matisse

Matisse was a French artist who loved making colourful paintings.

He also made lots of line drawing portraits.

Photo courtesy of dalbera, Herry Law ford (@flickr.com) - granted under creative commons licence – attr ibution

Line Drawings

A line drawing uses straight or

curved lines to make a picture.

A line drawing is usually monochrome.

It does not use shading.