Jacob Lawrence, Self-Portrait

Jacob Lawrence, Self-Portrait

After reading Chapter 5, refer to the painting you choose in your answer, giving specific examples, and describing how the artist has used the principles and elements of design using vocabulary terms you have learned in the previous chapters. Underline or highlight each principle as you discuss it. Please write in proper English, and check your spelling and grammar

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Jacob Lawrence, Self-Portrait. 1977, Gouache on Paper, 23” x 31”

Jacob Lawrence’s Self-Portrait has shapes, texture, value, color, space, lines and form elements. In shapes, Jacob Lawrence drew this painting in two dimensions. The wall arts at the back are rectangles while the face of the person is somewhat circular.  In texture, the paintings of both the person and the wall arts have rough textures. In the value elements, the face of the person in the painting has a dark value while his clothing has a bright value. Also, the small wall art has several dark values while the bigger one has several bright values. The artist used more than eight colors and most then are vibrant more than others……………

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