There are so many different ways to make a self-portrait. It doesn't have to be a traditional drawing or painting of your face - but it can be if you like!
Making a self-portrait is a great way to express and explore your identity. It's not about what your parents, friends, teachers, brothers or sisters think you should be. It's about who YOU think you are.
Ideas to get you started:
- the clothes you wear and the way you look
- the music you listen to, and maybe write or make
- the way you write
- your past experiences - good and not so good
- where you live and where you feel you belong
- the things you love and the things you hate
- what makes you laugh and what makes you cry
- your friends and family
- the places you like to be and the places you fear
Perhaps you think your room, your photographs, your favourite possessions say more about the real you… that's fine.
Your "self-portrait" can be created in any medium. It could be painted in watercolour, acrylic, oil, on paper or canvas. It could be drawn in pencil or pastel or marker pens. It could be 3 dimensional - modelled or sculpted. It could be a photograph or collage.
The entry form has a section for you to write a paragraph about yourself, and this will be displayed under your work and form part of your portrait. It is a space for you to write what you want about yourself.
