Place Portraits

• Make a portrait of a place that’s important to you.
• Represent the place as you see it, finding a visual voice that illustrates how you feel about your subject.

• Make a portrait of a place that’s important to you.
• Represent the place as you see it, finding a visual voice that illustrates how you feel about your subject.

• Before you begin, take or collect photos of your chosen place. Study how the planes of walls and the edges of buildings intersect.
• Work out your ideas in your sketchbook. You might capture an entire landscape or cityscape, or you might choose to focus on one small architectural detail.
• Use rulers, protractors, compasses, and triangular rulers to create straight lines, clean edges, and accurate perspectives.
• Choose one or more media that will help you explore your ideas.
• Experiment with color, pattern, and texture.

• Make a portrait of a place that’s important to you. Represent the place as you see it, finding a visual voice that illustrates how you feel about your subject.
• Work out your ideas in your sketchbook. You might capture an entire landscape or cityscape, or you might choose to focus on one small architectural detail.
• Use rulers, protractors, compasses, and triangular rulers to create straight lines, clean edges, and accurate perspectives.
• Choose one or more media that will help you explore your ideas.
• Experiment with color, pattern, and texture.

Make a portrait of your bedroom. How can you play with perspective?

Before you begin, check out these examples by Brittany Braniger’s students at Rowlett Middle Academy in Bradenton, Florida!