School of Visual Arts

SVA Alumnus John MacConnell Aims To Inspire With His ‘Self Drawing Project’

For artists who work with the figurative and draw from live models, quarantining can offer a new set of challenges. But figurative-based artist John MacConnell (MFA 2009 Illustration as Visual Essay) ...
The New York Times

Draw a Self-Portrait

Our template provides guidelines on spacing, now you just have to really look. And don’t move! By Carson Ellis There is truly no time like the present to give drawing a shot, and a self-portrait is an ...
Hyperallergic

How Do Artists See Themselves?

Vincent van Gogh, "Portrait of the Artist" (1887) (photo by Adrien Didierjean; all images courtesy National Museum Cardiff) Some artists struggle with imposter syndrome, others with self-obsession, ...
The New York Times

Looking Good Is Not the Point: What Artists Bare in Self-Portraits

More than 30 painters examine themselves with unsparing honesty in a show of self-portraits bookended by Egon Schiele and Max Beckmann. By Will Heinrich A single self-portrait is an oddity — a ...