Go to the Galleries below to see some of the work posted by members so far
Members of the Portrait Group are taking it in turns to suggest topics to keep our hand in during this period when we can't enjoy our weekly meetings with a model to observe.
List of challenges so far:
2021
16. Self Portrait from a reflection in a metal object
I am so inspired by this wonderful portrait by Swiss artist Mario Leimbacher (another member of the Facebook group Self Portrait Sundays) that I have asked his permission to use it and to challenge you to make a portrait of yourself from your reflection in a metal object.
Mario calls this a teapot, but I'm sure a kettle, coffee pot or even a saucepan would work equally well, Something with a curved surface will produce the distortion and foreshortening required to make this a real challenge!!
Good Luck with this one, please send me your results for the website or post your work on the Portrait Group Facebook page.
Mario calls this a teapot, but I'm sure a kettle, coffee pot or even a saucepan would work equally well, Something with a curved surface will produce the distortion and foreshortening required to make this a real challenge!!
Good Luck with this one, please send me your results for the website or post your work on the Portrait Group Facebook page.
15. Self Portrait with Palette Knife and Restricted colour Pallete
" Taking inspiration from the work of artist David Andrus from Massachusetts USA, this challenge involves working with a palate knife and limited colours to create a self portrait with minimal features"
15. SP with Restricted palette and number of marks
List of challenges for 2020:
- Someone in the kitchen
- Hand Studies
- Self portrait in a small mirror
- Smiley Face
- Ear study
- Curled up with a book
- Back to basics, this time! Draw a self portrait using only a biro and one continuous line.Here's a great example to get you going.
- White on Black. Portrait or SP using white on Black paper.
- Draw a portrait, photograph it, then cut it up in to equal sized chunks, mix them up to create an abstract
- Portrait as Child You are challenged to make a portrait of yourself as a child and, if you send them to me, I will put them on the Facebook page with no name attached. Let's see who hasn't changed much over the years and make it a guessing game (the black and white portraits will give the age away though)
- Portrait En Plein Air
- A Portrait from behind in a medium you are not familiar with.
- A Self Portrait with strong light from one side - this one is suggested by Bob Hryndyj
- Self Portrait in a mass
