This document outlines the final course project assignment for a portrait or self-portrait class. The assignment is to create a portrait of someone you know using any media. It should convey something personal about the subject and show the effort and care taken to portray them. Suggestions are given such as using warm-up sketches, different styles like chiaroscuro, or portraying someone in a positive light if they are in frail health. Examples of previous students' works are also listed.

1. “Someone You Know”
Exploring the Portrait/Self-Portrait
final course project:
a portrait in any media
Glenn Hirsch, Instructor

2. Why do draw in the age of
photography and mass media?

3. Ingmar Bergman, PersonaRenee Kelley

4. Renee Kelley, portrait of her mother

5. What is the "true portrait" of
an individual? Can one
image capture everything?

6. John Reamer, portraits of his parents

7. What is the place of simple
"description" and what of
evocative "theater?"

8. Jessica
Orme

9. What part does the beauty of
drawing and color – all by
itself -- play in portraiture?

10. Shanna Bruschi

11. The assignment:
A portrait of someone you know
(living or deceased)
Portrait must be personal –
convey something about the person being
portrayed.
Any size, any media,
from a photo or from life.

12. A portrait of someone
you care about
We know you care
because of the effort
that goes into it
Margreta
McKeown

13. Mary MacDonald
If it’s someone
you know in frail
health, then put
the person in the
‘best light.’
Flatter them with
the truth: color,
light, pattern and
personal details.

14. Hilevi Lipson
Get to know your subject first, with
warm-up sketches in pencil or charcoal
to get their likeness.

15. Ideas for your
project

16. Chiaroscuro
old master
lighting
(in charcoal)

17. Cynthia Kanios

18. Michelle Laffon

19. Cynthia Kanios

20. Geoff Kington

21. Allison
Ferenstein

22. Fei Li

23. portrait
at home

24. Naomi
Southard

25. Lorraine Wilson
Peters

26. Anita Adams

27. Patty Corwin

29. Lauryn Gold

30. Raymond
Coshow

31. Elizabeth
McDonald

32. Nalani Jay

33. A portrait in a
master’s style

34. Suzanna Fry
after William
Waterhouse

35. Kristin Bradley after Vincent

36. portrait
inspired by
fantasy and
theater

37. Jia Pu

38. Sivan Cohen

39. Fei Li

40. Zena Ryan

41. Merinal Brunda

42. children

43. Doreen Delgado

44. Patricia
Languedoc

45. Christian Rouet

46. Kate Eisenberg

47. Tami Avery

48. ‘body
language’

49. Betsy
Crouch

50. Daniel
Rabier

51. Elizabeth
McDonald

53. Hadley
Northrop

54. Charlotte
Buchen

55. Bing Zhang

56. Colleen
McCrystal

57. larger than life

58. Catherine Kriel

59. Peggy Millar

60. Joseph
Hovadik

61. Joseph
Hovadik

62. the last
assignment
be ambitious