Name:
Studio Art
Ms. Livoti
Self-Portrait
Photo Booth Self Portrait: Showing an Emotion Through Art
Project Goal: Emphasize an emotion, mood, or feeling that reflects your personality through
a combination of a digital image and a drawing.
Materials:
Photobooth program, Oil Pastel, Watercolor, packing tape (for packing tape transfer
technique)
Procedures:
1. Reflect on your personality. What are feelings you experience every day? How would
you describe these feelings? How can these feelings turn into a picture? What colors
would represent these feelings?
2. Find words or images in magazines that relate to this feeling.
3. Demo to photo booth. You will photograph yourself, part of yourself, or an object that
reflects your mood or emotion.
4. Paste your photograph onto your final copy paper. Your photo is the “focal point” and
the area of “Emphasis”. Your other materials should help emphasize your photo.
5. Show “Variety”: Demo to oil pastel techniques. Use oil pastel as a drawing tool to
make lines and add color that relates to your mood.
6. Demo watercolor. Choose colors and make different marks with your brush. Watch the
oil pastel resist the watercolor.
7. Paste words that relate to your photo’s content onto your paper. Create movement
with your words.
Assessment/Evaluation
Your project grade will be determined by the following criteria:
 Planning: Did you reflect and write about your emotions? Did you plan out how you
would want your image to look? Did you brainstorm ideas?
 Self-portrait: Did you experiment with photobooth? Does your image reflect who you
are and your own feelings/personality?
 Media: Did you try color mixing and blending? Did you make a variety of marks on
your paper?
 Effort: Did you put forth your best effort, work the entire class period, plan and practice
your techniques?
 Creativity: Did you use creative manipulation of the media? Did you choose your own
composition and make your own color choices?
 Composition: Does your drawing look balanced? Does your eye move around your
drawing?
Project is Due___________________!
Self-Portraits: Artists are always looking to learn more about themselves. Self-portraits are an
excellent way to learn more about why you like the things you like, or why you do the things
you do. Often self-portraits express a particular aspect of your personality, for example
maybe you are outgoing and funny, or maybe you are shy. The drawings or paintings you do
of yourself may have dramatically different qualities depending on your personality and
interests.
Self-portraits do NOT have to be only of your face! What are some things that represent you?
What part of your body would best express a certain emotion- maybe it’s only your eye, or
only the corners of your mouth that turn up a smile, or only your hands. Maybe it’s your
sneaker, or a piece of jewelry you always wear.
Photo Booth: This program allows you to photograph yourself with a built in camera on the
computer. Because you can only angle the computer a certain way, you have to use your
body to move into different poses and capture your shot. You only have 3 seconds to get
your shot so you need to PLAN ahead!
Collage: Using collage in your portrait will help us to get even more insight into what your
artwork means. Sometimes it is difficult to translate an idea into a picture, so words and other
pictures that you find really help. Cut paper and text from magazine to use in your artwork.
Be as specific as possible!
Oil Pastel/ Watercolor Resist: Oil pastel is a very oily crayon. It is messy, but lots of fun
because of its vibrant color. Overlap oil pastels to achieve new colors. Blend oil pastels with
a tissue into paper or smudge it. Use a hatching technique. Water does not mix with oil- or oil
pastels! Add watercolor to the left over white space of your drawing for an interesting effect.
Project Extra Credit:
Look up the following art works:
 Leonardo Da Vinci “Mona Lisa”
 Vincent Van Gogh “Self-Portrait”
 Pablo Picasso “Self-Portrait 1907”
 Marc Chagall “Self-Portrait with Seven Fingers”
Create a self-portrait using the artists’ style and colors in
your sketchbook.
Project Key Words:
Emphasis: Design principle; one area of the picture stands out from
the rest
Focal Point: the area being emphasized in the artwork
Variety: Design principle; creates interest due to multiple art
techniques or elements being used in the image.
Movement: Design principle; leading ones eye around an image.
Name:
Studio Art
Period:
Ms. Livoti
Your Daily Emotions! A brainstorm session!
In order to find out more about yourself and your experiences with
your emotions, please answer the following questions honestly. These
questions will give you a starting point for your portrait.
1. The happiest time in my life (so far) was when…
2. My favorite memory is….
3. I’m in my best mood when …
4. Something that makes me smile is….
5. The worst thing that ever happened to me was….
6. I felt really sad when….
7. Something that puts me instantly in a bad mood is…..
8. Something that makes me angry is….
9. I’m frustrated when…
10. I’m the most bored when…
11. Something that makes me feel better is…
12. I get really shy when….
13. I feel guilty when…
14. I’m disappointed when…
15. I’m the most outgoing when…
16. Something that makes me laugh is…
17. People would describe me as….
18. I wish I could…
19. My favorite music to listen to when I’m ____________ is__________________
20. Something I own that is important to me is____________________
Which one of these questions do you identify with the most? Which question seems to be
the most important to you? How would you re-create the emotion that relates to the
question/answer? What would your portrait look like if you could have had a picture from
that moment? What props would describe your emotion? What colors? Respond in the
space below: