A lot of artists create self-portraits. The subject of this type of the portrait is usually artist himself or herself. Such portraits were at first presented in ancient Greece and Egypt. Nowadays there is a great variety of the self-portraits. With the help of such portrait the artist tries to manifest different ideas. Nowadays paintings are considered to be popular media of self portraits. However, the situation was completely different during the Renaissance period. At that time self-portraits did not interest a lot of artists because such paintings were innovative and rather bold.

During every period there are some artists who decide to delve into the skill portrayal and they have a couple of reasons for that. Throughout early period main attention was paid to the depiction of the main species and as a result it was a period of variety of male self-portraits. The situation has changed after the female liberalism arose. It resulted in a big number of female self-portraits.

The first and the earliest used art material is charcoal. With its help artists were managed to make rough portraits and sketches. Besides, the charcoal was in three different forms and every artist depending on his aim decided which one to use. There existed a vine charcoal, powdered charcoal and compressed one.

Nowadays there are a lot of artists who create self-portraits in black and white. In comparison with colored portraits the portraits in black and white give an elegant effect. Such paintings appeared because it was a particular need of the generation and after that even more techniques were presented. The self-portraits were classified due to the era it appeared in. Modern Art Portraits are considered to be the current ones.

Later there were presented a number of popular art forms the majority of artists consider under the modern art portraits. Some of the artists prefer to paint traditional portraits; some of the artists create the portraits in graffiti and graphic style. There are also photo mosaic portraits and screen-print portrait.

People who like modern interiors will appreciate graphic style. This style has much in common with cartoon and animation style. At first there were simple screen-sized and after there appeared colored screen prints. This style is especially preferred by people who like pop art. Besides, those artists who use this style do not have to start with a beautiful picture. People who like minimalist type of cool will like this type of illustration.

All of the painters are gifted and to create a real masterpiece it is important to have a raw talent even if there is a chance to take classes for it. When the artists create self-portraits they try to depict their personalities and their views.

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