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Distorted Self Portraits using Adobe Photoshop
Distorted Self Portraits using Adobe Photoshop
Task 1: Stretched self-portrait
Task 1: Stretched self-portrait
Open school photo file in photoshop
unlock background layer
select Filter from the top menu bar, select 'Liquify'
Select the 'forward warp' tool from the left menu bar
Manipulate the portrait by stretching one side of teh face out wide and leaving the other side in normal proportions
Experiment with changing the brush size
Save as JPEG - change the file name
Task 2: Diminished and Enlarged self-portrait
Task 2: Diminished and Enlarged self-portrait
Open school photo file in photoshop
unlock background layer
select Filter from the top menu bar, select 'Liquify'
Select the pucker tool from the left menu bar
Manipulate the portrait by diminishing (making smaller) one or more facial features e.g. the mouth, and leaving the others in normal proportions
Switch to the 'bloat' tool
manipulate the portrait by enlarging some features.
Experiment with changing the brush size and pressure
Save as JPEG - change the file name
Task 3: Warped self-portrait
Task 3: Warped self-portrait
Open school photo file in photoshop
unlock background layer
select Edit from the top menu bar, and choose Transform. Or press ctrl+T on your keyboard. (command + T for mac)
Right click on the image, and select 'warp' from the dropdown menu
Move the points of intersection that appear on the grid of the warp tool
Manipulate the portrait by stretching, twisting, mirroring, enlarging and reducing
Save as JPEG - change the file name
Task 4: Skin self-portrait (see below)
Task 4: Skin self-portrait (see below)
Open school photo file in photoshop
unlock background layer
select the Patch tool in the left menu bar
Draw around one of your eyes, leaving some space around it, and drag the selected shape to somewhere with lots of skin (forehead or cheek), and let go. Your eye should now be filled with skin texture.
Continue this process until most of your facial features have be covered up
Save as JPEG - change the file name
Write the following information in your Visual Arts Diary
Write the following information in your Visual Arts Diary
Distortion in Portraiture
Distortion in Portraiture
Throughout history, modern artists have experimented with colour, line, shape and proportion to create individual and unique portraits.
late 15th century (in the sense ‘twist to one side’): from Latin distort- ‘twisted apart’, from the verb distorquere, from dis- ‘apart’ + torquere ‘to twist’.
Write 5 adjectives that describe how each artist has used distortion in their portraits:
Write 5 adjectives that describe how each artist has used distortion in their portraits:
Artist: Hans Holbein
Nationality: German
Title: “The Ambassadors”
Date: 1533
Medium: oil on canvas
Dimensions: 2 x 2.7 metres
Location: National Gallery London
Artist: Mike Parr
Nationality: Australian
Title: “Organon 1”
Date: 1987
Medium: etching
Dimensions: 19 x 14 cm
Location: Art Gallery of New South Wales
Artist: Chuck Close
Nationality: American
Title: “Lucas”
Date: 1993
Medium: Colour Woodcut
Dimensions: 254 x 213 cm
Location: Metropolitan Museum, New York
Artist: Brett Whiteley
Nationality: Australian
Title: “Remembering Lao Tse”
Date: 1967
Medium: Pencil, pen and ink on paper
Artist: Francis Bacon
Nationality: British
Title: “Self Portrait”
Date: 1971
Medium: Oil paint on canvas
Artist: Arnulf Rainer
Nationality: Austrian
Title: “The black, yellow, red mouth”
Date: 1971
Medium: Photograph with oil stick and oil paint
Dimensions: 48 x 38cm
Write a Key SENTENCE for one artwork:
In__________________________________________________________________
(title of work and date)
______________________________ the _________________________________
(artist’s name) (Nationality, style)
________________________ used ______________________________________
(Type of artist e.g painter, sculptor) (characteristics – use verbs and adjectives to describe)
___________________________________________________________________
(characteristics – use verbs and adjectives to describe techniques and effects)
to create a/an________________________ image of _______________________.
(describe the mood– use adjectives) (subject matter)
Word bank:
magnify expressive lines abstract skewed movement perspective
Describe how one artist has used distortion in their portrait.
Why do you think the artist has done this? What does this mean?
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