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What is a Portrait?  What do these artworks have in common?

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2 What is a Portrait?  What do these artworks have in common?

3 They are ALL portraits!  A portrait is a painting, sculpture, drawing, photograph….where the face and expression is most important.  A portrait is really about that individual person and who they are.

4 Famous Portraits

5 Portrait or Landscape Orientation?

6 Angles and Views  A portrait can be taken or made from many different angles or views. It is usually of a person’s face from the shoulders up, but not always! Worm’s Eye View Human Eye View Bird’s Eye View

7 2-dimensional or 3-dimensional?  Portraits and can 2-D (flat) or 3-D(can walk around them). Which is 2-D and which is 3-D?

8 Media (or art materials)  Many art materials can be used to make portraits. Can you name some?

9  Paint, watercolours, pencil crayon, marker, pen&ink, charcoal, pencils, wire, clay, bronze, photography, wood, pastels, etc.

10 Expressions are important in portraits. Can you name guess the expressions on the following slides?

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17 Mr. Picasso Head Portraits http://www.picassohead.com/create.html 1.Visit Picasso head and play with facial expressions! 2.Use the viewfinders to look at things and people around the classroom! 3.Review what you learned!


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