Portrait

A portrait, according to Cambridge Dictionary, is "a painting, photograph, drawing, etc. of a person or, less commonly, of a group of people".


As an introduction, here are some useful information which I quoted from Wikipedia:

A portrait is a painting, photograph, sculpture, or other artistic representation of a person, in which the face and its expression is predominant. The intent is to display the likeness, personality, and even the mood of the person. For this reason, in photography a portrait is generally not a snapshot, but a composed image of a person in a still position. A portrait often shows a person looking directly at the painter or photographer, in order to most successfully engage the subject with the viewer.



Among the earliest known portrait in history are funeral portraits. Yes, funeral portrait is a term given to realistic painted portraits--usually drawn on a wood attached to the mummies.
Here are two examples of funeral portraits from ancient Egypt:

Roman-Egyptian funeral portrait of a young boy and a woman.

At present, I am working on to improve my portrait drawing skills. By the way, my blog picture is my-self portrait, with some fault in it. Perfection will only come after a lot of practice.