Discovering the History and Understanding of Portraits and the Basic Principles of Creating One

View the video below. Answer the assessment questions. Then view the remaining videos on how to produce a basic portrait. Your assignment is at the very bottom of this page.

Name *

First Name

Last Name

Portraits go back as far as the

Dark era

Light era

Egyptian era

The artist that painted Obama's portrait was

Rembrandt

Willis Gothe

Kehinde Wiley

One artist that painted over 60 self portraits was

Remosse Benzin

Rembrandt von Rijn

Vincent van Gogh

Option Two

Thank you!

Your Assignment:

Make 4 selfies of yourself from different angles and different lighting situations. Choose the best image and print it out. Create a self portrait using the drawing techniques shown above. Make 2 photos on your cell phone. The first photo is a single image of your 4 photos shown together side-by-side. The second photo is of the drawing you created. Send your two photos with your name and class to ihs.db@yahoo.com . You have one week to complete these assignments.