Art Education

Reflective Portrait

Reflective Portrait

Create a self-portrait in pencil from looking into a reflective object that distorts.

Use any highly reflective object. (Pots, pans, irons, tree ornaments, serving tray, etc.)

You may include the whole object or just concentrate on your reflection.

Use a good range of values.

Work in any monochromatic medium you like.

Advanced Option: Use a color media (Colored pencils, paint, etc)

Don't worry about really strange distortions.

Make sure you are somewhat recognizable.

Student Examples in Pencil

Student Examples in Color

Art History

Parmigianino, Italian artist from Parma, 1524

"Self Portrait in convex Mirror"     Oil on wood, Vienna

MC Escher, Dutch, "Hand with Reflecting Sphere" Lithograph

1935