Territories of the Face

Self Examination

Warm UP: Draw a cartoon version of yourself as a famous historical figure.

The Old Master

The Old Master

Rembrandt van Rijn created more than 90 portraits of himself that date from the outset of his career in the 1620s to the year of his death in 1669. He created an autobiography in art that is the equal of the finest ever produced…

"Over the years, Rembrandt's self-portraits increasingly became a means for gaining self-knowledge, and in the end took the form of an interior dialogue: a lonely old man communicating with himself while he painted."

1627-28

1628

1629

1629

1629

1629

1630

1630

1631

1631

1632

1634

1634

1634

1636

no date

1639

1640

1642

1642-43

1645

1648

1658

1659

1659unfinished

1661

1662

1665-69

1669Aged 63

1669Aged 63

1669

1669

Updated Version…

http://www.bypassfanpages.com/2010/10/this-guy-took-a-picture-of-his-face-every-day-for-8-years/

The “True” Image

Cozy Cafe - in the East Village. 43 East 1st Street or the Piink Pony on Ludlow.

Portrait Periods The National Portrait Gallery of London

Portrait Periods Elizabethan and Tudor – 1485 to 1603

1505

1521-25

1535-40

Portrait Periods Stuart Period – 1603 to 1714

1613

1618

1629

Portrait Periods Georgian and Regency – 1714 to 1837

1700

1747-49

1761-62

Portrait Periods Victorian and Edwardian – 1837 to 1901

1834

1842

1863-68

Portrait Periods Twentieth Century

1914

1918

1929

1936

1980

Portrait Periods Contemporary 1990+

1990

1995

1997

1999

2005

http://www.npg.org.uk/home.php

Portraits From Various Sources

Chuck Close

Chuck Close

Lucian Freud

Alex Katz

Clementine Hunter

Francis Bacon

Andy Warhol

Frida Kahlo

Portrait “How To” From Various Sources

http://media.academyart.edu/freeclass/

Don't Do That!

• DON'T draw an eye like this! So many things are wrong with it. Notice that the eyebrow is kind of close to the eye itself. Should it really be this way? Often, the eyebrow is higher up. Look at your model closely, and make sure that you get the eyebrow placed in the proper place.

• The eye is too much like a fat almond shape here. The eye should have more of an angular, asymmetrical almond shape. There is no tear duct thingie. People will notice its absence, if only subconsciously.

• The thickness on the bottom lid is drawn badly. This area should be drawn with a delicate touch - if not, the eye will look uncomfortable. The hard line that goes all across the bottom lid is not flattering.

• The line underneath it (where the eyelashes are) just makes the whole bottom lid look ugly.

• The eyelashes look too spikey, and are starting to resemble spider's legs. Creepy-looking.• The iris is not round. It has to be round! ROUND, I tell you! The pupil also is not round, and is not

concentric with the iris. Too much of the iris is showing. Usually (unless the person has had waaay too much caffiiene) there is a lot more of the iris concealed underneath the top eyelid.

• Also, what are those wheel-spoke lines coming out from the pupil? That's just wrong. Wrong, I tell you!

• There is no shading on the eye, eyelid, or anywhere. It makes the eye look flat.

Step One

Split the bottom half of the face into three equal sections between the bottom of the eyes and the bottom of the chin. Use a pencil and don't try too hard to be perfect as this part of the drawing is very rough.

Step Two

Draw in with a pencil the bottom or tip of the nose that should rest on the first third line of the bottom half of the face.

Step Three

Fill in the upper lip by drawing a line about half way up the second third of the bottom half of the face. The edge of the mouth should line up with the middle of the eyes

Step Four

Pencil in the indent of the chin by drawing a line half way up the bottom third of the bottom half of the face. The nose, middle of the lips and chin indent should all line up.

Step Five

Sketch the bottom of the chin in line with the bottom of the third section.

Step Six

Indicate hairline about half way up the upper half of the face. This would indicate a younger portrait whereas a hairline further up indicates a receding line or an older person.

Step Seven

Use pencil to draw in the rest of the features marked out in previous steps.