Let’s draw a portrait



Let’s draw a portrait!

Vamos a empezar a dibujar retratos. Necesitamos tener claro qué es un retrato y la manera correcta de hacerlo. Hay una serie de pasos que deberás seguir en este ejercicio. Intenta realizar todo lo que se te propone.

Enjoy it!

(clic in the image to start the exercise)

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Hi, I'm Carmine Chameleon! Do you like my portrait? I think it's a very good portrait.

But just what is a portrait? 

Artists make portraits about people (and sometimes animals). When you look at portraits, you learn about the people in them.

Which one of these pictures below is a portrait? 

(Click to choose) 

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That's right! Good job. This is the portrait. Portraits tell us about people. This portrait is a painting of the artist's daughter.

This is a still life. It tells you about fruit. When making a still life, artists study things like fruit, books or vases to show shapes, colours and textures.

And this is a landscape. There are some people, but they are very small. In this landscape, we learn more about the pond, the trees, and the horses than we learn about the people.

Why do artists make portraits?

Why do artists make portraits?

Before people had cameras, a painted portrait was a good way to remember what someone looked like.

Today, most people take photographs to remember people. 

Artists still make portraits for many reasons. We can express a mood or capture someone's personality in a portrait.

We can honor important people by making their portraits.

Is a portrait always one person?

Portraits often show one person. Here is a painting of a young man.

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Portraits can also show groups of people like families.

Sometimes, artists make portraits of animals.

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Sometimes, artists make portraits of themselves. These are called self-portraits. They use a mirror to make a portrait of themselves!

Do portraits always look just like the person they are about?

Many artists try to make things look real. They want the portrait to look like the model.

Sometimes artists might even idealize or make the portrait look better than the person did in real life. 

Other artists make portraits that are abstract (they don't look real).

Are portraits always paintings?

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|One of the most famous portraits in the world is a painting called Mona Lisa. |

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|But you can make a portrait out of anything! Move your mouse over each portrait to see what it's made of! |

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|Think you would know a portrait when you see one? Test yourself! |

Pick the portraits!

Click on the pictures that you think are portraits.



Now let's go eye-to-eye with some portraits!

 

|Artists use different shapes and textures to show how people look. Look closely at these eyes. Can you see how artists |

|portray people of many different ages? |

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|I am a baby. |

|I am a middle-aged man. |

|I am a young woman. |

|I am a young girl. |

|I am an old man. |

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|What else can portraits tell you? |

You can tell a lot about a person by looking at their portrait! Look closely at the clothing, background and other things in the portraits. What can you learn? Then pull down the menu below each picture to see one idea!

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Now go learn more about portraits or how to draw your own!Now go learn more about portraits or how to draw your own! Now go learn more about portraits or how to draw your own! Final del formulario

Good work! Now why don't you try to draw a portrait? Or come back here soon to try more activities about portraits.

Let’s draw a portrait!



Vocabulary:

still life: bodegón

vases: jarrones

landscape: paisaje

pond: estanque

honor: honrar, aceptar, expresar

mood: estado de ánimo, humor, talante

make out: inventar, entender, distinguir, decir, pretender, elaborar, hacer

might even idealize: pueden incluso idealizar

pull down: bajar, demoler, derribar, sacar

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