The Person I Know Best
Grade 9
“I paint myself because I am so often alone and because I am the subject I know best.”
— Frida Kahlo
This project is a chance for you to express something about the person you know best: yourself. A self-portrait is a work of art in which the artist is the main subject, and building upon your experience with facial proportions and Surrealism, you will create your own surreal self-portrait in watercolour, and/or pen and ink.
How does it feel to be you? What are your hopes, joys, and fears? I would like you to reflect on who you are— what makes you you. This project will involve developing your drawing skills, your knowledge of facial proportions and Surrealist techniques, in order to create a work of art that expresses something true about your personality, perspective, or experience in this world.