Photo analysis of 3 artists.

Andy Warhol

This is a self portrait of Andy Warhol, also created by himself. Andy has used a variety of different eye catching colours, to obviously make the picture stand out more, and highlight certain features of the face. Blue giving the face more shadows, and yellow helping his hair stand out, also the red and black background to help make the whole portrait stand out more. The artist hasn’t used the rule of thirds very well, his features are placed on the lines, and the centre line directly down the face of the portrait, although this is still appealing, it could have been made to fit the rule of thirds for a much different effect. He has also blackened one side of the face, which seems to give it more of a dramatic effect.

The portrait was painted in 1967, and the image is the artist himself, Andy Warhol. His deadpan face and that white wig he is wearing made this portrait, as famous as any other portrait he has painted of other celebrities. Andy Warhol enjoyed using the same methods over and over again, as he didn’t like change. This type of style can be seen in many of his images.

In this picture, the man looking very concentrated, or in a very strong thought, he seems to be looking at something, trying to figure out something. The fingers placed on his chin, really give away that he is trying to concentrate on something. The picture suggests a late 20th century portrait, as it seems very pop arty.