Historic Paintings And Images

I find it nice to look back at how portraits use to be and what I have achieved in the past couple of weeks. I have been looking in a book called ‘The Beginnings of Photography’ a lot of the studio images were taken in the 1860s with a stone wash backdrop. Not a lot of the portraits looked incredible happy. I can imagine its because they would have had a reputation and cretin image to uphold. But now it’s more than okay to be free with your expressions and to show you have a sense of humour without having people criticising the way you are. 

'The Beginnings of Photography                                       

Plate 16                                                                              'Plate 17 

J.M Cameron                                                                     J.M Cameron  

Sir J.F.W. Herschel, 1867 (395)'                                       Charles Darwin, c. 1869 (378)' 

Just some portrait paintings from throughout the ages which have influenced the way portraits are seen today.

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=portrait+paintings&espv=210&es_sm=91&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=LhHLUsKqA4Kd7gb-24CoAw&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAQ&biw=1024&bih=513#es_sm=91&espv=210&q=portraits+by+picasso&tbm=isch&imgdii=_

This is a more modern way of portrait painting by using a tonal mark making technique with a paintbrush. I really like the messy markings and how it makes an image come together. I think I will have a go at doing a really free moving images with scribble marks such as this one.

http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/upload/img/Rembrandt-self-portrait-age-63-NG221-c-face-half.jpg