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“Someone You Know”Exploring the Portrait/Self-Portrait
final course project:a portrait in any media
Glenn Hirsch, Instructor
Why do draw in the age of photography and mass media?
Ingmar Bergman, PersonaRenee Kelley
Renee Kelley, portrait of her mother
What is the "true portrait" of an individual? Can one
image capture everything?
John Reamer, portraits of his parents
What is the place of simple "description" and what of
evocative "theater?"
Jessica Orme
What part does the beauty of drawing and color – all by itself -- play in portraiture?
Shanna Bruschi
The assignment:
A portrait of someone you know (living or deceased)
Portrait must be personal – convey something about the person being
portrayed.
Any size, any media, from a photo or from life.
A portrait of someone you care about
We know you care because of the effort that goes into it
Margreta McKeown
Mary MacDonald
If it’s someone you know in frail health, then put the person in the ‘best light.’
Flatter them with the truth: color, light, pattern and personal details.
Hilevi Lipson
Get to know your subject first, with warm-up sketches in pencil or charcoal to get their likeness.
Ideas for your project
Chiaroscuro old master
lighting (in charcoal)
Cynthia Kanios
Michelle Laffon
Cynthia Kanios
Geoff Kington
Allison Ferenstein
Fei Li
portrait at home
Naomi Southard
Lorraine Wilson Peters
Anita Adams
Patty Corwin
Lauryn Gold
Raymond Coshow
Elizabeth McDonald
Nalani Jay
A portrait in a master’s style
Suzanna Fry
after William Waterhouse
portrait inspired by fantasy and
theater
Jia Pu
Sivan Cohen
Fei Li
Zena Ryan
Merinal Brunda
children
Doreen Delgado
Patricia Languedoc
Christian Rouet
Kate Eisenberg
Tami Avery
‘body language’
Betsy Crouch
Daniel Rabier
Elizabeth McDonald
Hadley Northrop
Charlotte Buchen
Bing Zhang
Colleen McCrystal
larger than life
Catherine Kriel
Peggy Millar
Joseph Hovadik
Joseph Hovadik
the last assignment
be ambitious
