Expressionist Portraits

Use Color and Symbols to Express Mood

Ernst Kirchner, Portrait as a Sick Man, Ernst Kirchner, 1918, Oil on Canvas.

Ernst Kirchner, Self Double Portrait, 1914, German Expressionism

Assignment

• Make careful decisions about how to communicate something about yourself for your self-portrait:– Facial Expression– Colors– Lines– Exaggeration vs. Accuracy– Symbolism/Imagery

What do the colors say vs. facial expression?

What do the colors say? What do the facial Expressions Say?

What do the lines say?

What does the color scheme say?

What do the lines, colors, and facial expression say?

What do the lines say? Facial Expression?

What do you see here?

How about now? Go back to the real view, and what do the lines and facial expression say?

What does this gesture say?

How is symbolism used here?

Hospital Drawing: What do the colors and lines communicate?

Hospital Drawing: What do the colors communicate?

6th Grade Student Example

6th Grade Student Example

6th Grade Student Example