Overview
Giuseppe Arcimboldo was an Italian painter best known for creating imaginative portrait heads made entirely of such objects as fruits, vegetables, flowers, fish, and books - that is, he painted representations of these objects on the canvas arranged in such a way that the whole collection of objects formed a recognizable likeness of the portrait subject. For this assignment you will create a self portrait that is comprised of objects that symbolize your life experiences and personality.
Materials
paper, pencil, pen, watercolor, colored pencil
Art History!
Click through the images of Arcimboldo's portraits. Some are more abstract and others show more of the person's likeness but all of them include color and realistically rendered objects. These objects may all be different but they work together to create a cohesive whole. Your portrait should share these characteristics.
Student Examples
Look through these student examples to see the different strategies for combining objects to create a portrait. Some use a profile silhouette and fill it with an assortment of overlapping images, others build a general human shape out of separate objects in more of a pile. Either way is fine as long as you are demonstrating skill with your color media, compiling objects that are symbolic in nature and the final result looks humanoid.
Instructions
Brainstorm- send me a list of some of symbols you want to use and how they represent your personality or life experience along with a loose sketch of how you want your portrait to be structured
In progress- Draw everything out on your paper lightly in pencil and submit it for an in progress check so that I can be sure you are on the right track
Finish Portrait- Use colored pencil and or watercolor to finish your portrait. Turn in your finished project with a completed rubric.
In progress- Draw everything out on your paper lightly in pencil and submit it for an in progress check so that I can be sure you are on the right track
Finish Portrait- Use colored pencil and or watercolor to finish your portrait. Turn in your finished project with a completed rubric.
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