Monday, November 28, 2011

Ideas For Portrait Backgrounds

As you plan out the background for your portrait, look at these examples for inspiration... Notice how they use COLOR, VALUE and SYMBOLS, PATTERNS or Visual TEXTURES.

Van Gogh's  "Woman Rocking a Cradle", 1889

Van Gogh's Joseph-Etienne Roulin, 1889
David Hockney, Self Portrait
Gustave Klimt's, Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer

Gustave Klimt sketch

Durer's Self Portrait

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