SELF PORTRAIT STORIES

In this project designed for general curriculum undergraduate students enrolled in ART 140: Introduction to Art, students examined how artists use rudimentary elements like shape, color, and line to build up complex works of art. Students studied the history and traditions of portraiture in art during lectures and discussions, and learned about facial proportions and basic life drawing techniques to help inform a final collage self portrait. Students were instructed that their self portraits should reflect a story about themselves through their composition, as opposed to focusing on achieving a perfect likeness.