Self Portrait

Introduction• Think about the expression, posture,

clothing, background, colours and style of the following pictures.

• Why do you think the artist chose to represent themselves like this?

Expression.• Smiling: Happy, confident etc• Frowning: Sad, depressed etc

Background• Things the artist is interested in.

Style• Realistic: Can see their expressions/

feeling clearly.• Unrealistic: Confused about their

personality?

Colours• Light colours: Happy?• Dark colours: Sad?• Contrasting colours: Confused? An-

gry?

• His expression is fo-cused and he is not smiling. He has no clothes on and his face looks very old/wrinkled. The colours are dark and shad-owy. All these things suggest he has lived through lots of hard times.

Activity Two• Draw a self portrait that represents

you.• Think about the, posture, clothing,

background and style of your portrait and how it represents you.

• Write a paragraph explaining how the portrait represents you.

Activity Three• I will put all the portraits on the wall.• Walk around and try to guess who

drew each self portrait.• Each group should choose a portrait

and write a few sentences about its expression, posture, clothing, back-ground, colours and style.