Portraiture

Portrait is defined in the Oxford English Dictionary as, “a painting, drawing, photograph, or engraving of a person, especially one depicting only the face or head and shoulders.” From group portraits to self-portraits, this artform can be evaluated through many lenses: significance, realism, representation, and convention are just a few. Modern and contemporary portraiture make no exception to capturing expression, personality, and presence. In this lesson, you'll learn to create a portrait drawing based on Alice Neel's John (1979).