Reasons for portraits:
- catching a likeness
- showing the outer (or inner) life of the subject
- making a record of important people for posterity
Reasons for self-portraits:
- constant availability of sitter
- a certain fascination with mirrors...?
From Sue B - sending a drawing i did last year of a friend’s one-year old grandson, wearing his mum’s hat, from a photo
From Sue K - Had my annual eye test on Monday & had an awful time trying on specs & taking awful selfies. Here’s the result!
From Joyce - I’ve gone for the easy option and sketched a “portrait “ of some leaves from the garden!
From Judith - Portraits from photos, Judi Dench looking rather severe
From Gill - Wanted to try out a fine nib dip pen after looking at a Van Gogh portrait drawing.
From me - nothing fresh, despite good intentions. "Making a cake for daddy" was drawn from a photo in July, and almost immediately revised with tracing part of the image, gluing paper over the bit that was no longer needed, and putting the tracing in place.
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