I completed a series of portraits in art class over the last few weeks. I thought my self portrait turned out pretty well. My face is a bit too wide and there isn’t enough contrast in the piece. In the background I drew a bunch of my favorite characters and technologies such as Batman and my Wacom tablet. This helped to give the portrait some life and it also reflects a bit of my personality.
My Portraits
By Nate Epstein, Grade 11
My second portrait answers the question, “Whom do I admire?” I wanted to draw my mother, Jessica. I chose her because she is very smart and we both understand each other very well. In the background I drew large crystals to symbolize how precious she is to me. I feel like this was quite a successful piece because it does resemble her, and I did increase my use of contrast.
personality, but he can also be confusing and it’s easy to get lost with him. I drew a forest to represent this aspect of his personality. Overall, I had a lot of fun with the portraits I did in art class.
In my third and final exploration into portraiture, I did a double portrait of my two best buds. This one’s my favorite, because I really captured their personalities with their facial expressions and the environments behind them. My friend on the right tends to be pretty hotheaded, but at times he can also be very clear and focused. I drew a desert in the background behind him to symbolize these parts of his personality. The guy on the left has a very colorful