Portraits

and

emotions

Portraits

How is the woman in the painting similar to the woman in the photo?

A portrait is a painting of a person or people.

This is a self-portrait. It’s a painting of the artist by the artist (Frida Kahlo).

More portraits

Many artists have also

painted more portraits of

Frida Kahlo

How do artists create portraits?

Draw guidelines:

1. A vertical line down the

centre

2. A horizontal line across the

centre

3. A horizontal line halfway

between line 2 and the chin

How do artists create portraits?

Draw the parts of the face:

• The eyes on line 2

• The eyebrows above line 2

• The nose above line 3

• The ears between lines 2 and 3

• The mouth below line 3

• Hair around the head.

Vocabulary

Ear

Hair

Chin

Eyebrow

Eye

Head

Mouth

Nose

Now, it’s your turn

My self-portrait

‐Draw your self-portrait with the correct proportion

‐Complete it symmetrically

‐Add details and colour

Fancy faces Look at these fancy faces.

They are made by cutting out pictures from magazines.

My fancy face

Now, it’s your turn

‐Look for some magazine clippings

‐Cut them out

‐Create your fancy face

My fancy face

Now, it’s your turn

‐Modify your face by using PicsArt

‐You can choose more than one effect

and add some gadgets

Try to be

original

Portraits and emotions Do you think the boys in the paintings are happy or sad? Why?

How do artists show different emotions in a portrait?

Portraits and emotions Artists can show different emotions with the shape of the eyes, eyebrows

and mouth.

Portraits and emotions Do you know these cartoons? They are the characters of Inside Out.

Everyone represents an emotion. What emotion do you think they are?

Portraits and emotions Do you know these cartoons? They are the characters of Inside Out.

Everyone represents an emotion. What emotion do you think they are?

Fear Disgust Anger Sadness Joy

More emotions

Tenderness

Surprise

Love

Joy

Fear

Disgust

Sadness

Anger

Expressing emotions

Now, it’s your turn

‐Think about emotions

‐Take a paper and create a character

representing an emotion

‐ You can mix different emotions