non traditional self portrait assignment

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Non Traditional self Portrait

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Original Artwork by John DiBiase

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In my spring semester of my Freshman year of community college, in Drawing II class, we were instructed to draw a “non-traditional self-portrait” of ourselves for an assignment. The final product was 18 x 20, and due to its large size, I couldn’t just scan it. Because of that, I had to use a cheap digital computer camera and the result is the low resolution picture you see above. About the drawing itself, we had to incorporate things that symbolize us, as well as part of us in it somewhere. So, the Garfield eating the book stood for how much i like Garfield, plus how much I didn’t like academics. 🙂 The green object is actually an empty Mountain Dew bottle because I love to drink it. The pencil is obviously for drawing, and the CD player is for my love for music. This was actually the project that brought about the death of that CD player, as well. It’s many hours under a light must have fried its circuits. The CD inside it is actually dc Talk ‘s “Jesus Freak” album. That was one of the only CDs that I could use the top of to reflect my eye, plus it symbolized how I am, myself, a “Jesus freak.”

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TC#4 LESSON RESOURCE ​SELF PORTRAITS (PART 2) - MORE THAN JUST A PRETTY FACE

For discussion.

• Paintings are 2 dimensional; artists are 3 dimensional.
• Paintings are made of paint (and canvas, paper or board; plus actions, energy, decisions); artists are made of bone, flesh, blood...
• Paintings stay the same (mostly, when preserved correctly); artists continually change, age, die.
• The artist, not the viewer, decides how they are seen in a self-portrait.
• The viewer, not the artist, decides what they see in an artist's self-portrait.

WHAT DO I NEED TO KNOW?

• If these are not familiar, try typing a description of the paintings into Google Image Search. Does this deliver the same artwork or something recognisably similar?  
• If you can name the artists, is this because you recognise their painting style, or their physical resemblance?
• Consider how each of these have been produced. In particular consider: the balance between observation and imagination; how the paint has been applied (and the best words to describe this, e.g.  daubed, dabbed, wiped, brushed, smeared, smudged, layered; expressive, controlled, considered ; in lines, in blocks of tone; from light to dark, or vice-versa); wet, dry, creamy, thick, thin, diluted..).

• Which of the artworks above would you describe as the most traditional self-portrait, and why? How about the least traditional?
• Which, if any, is the most familiar? (Where) have you encountered any of these artworks before? If so, how has this shaped your understanding?
• Which example would you most like to encounter in a gallery - in 'real life'? Why?
• Which example provides the greatest insights into its creator - how they might look, act or think?
• Which example do you consider the most interesting, visually appealing, thought-provoking or disturbing?
• Why might an artist want to expose or portray themselves in a way that makes them vulnerable or open to ridicule or challenge, rather than simply admired for their skill?

PRACTICAL ACTIVITY

• How might you produce an alternative self-portrait (or a series of self-portraits) - something that challenges a more straightforward representation?
• What aspects of yourself - your appearance, characteristics, behaviours, beliefs, values, belongings - would be most important for you to celebrate?
• Which materials, styles, techniques (or combinations of materials, styles, techniques) might you embrace?

​FURTHER READING

• Self-Portraits (Part 1) - About Face  - Chris Francis,  ArtPedagogy Resource
• From Virtual to Reality - Jonathan Yeo, 2017
• Together in Electric Dreams ... - Steven Poole, Guardian Article, 2016
• The Self-Portrait: A Cultural History - James Hall, 2014