Giuseppe Arcimboldo, an Italian Renaissance painter, was famous for his imaginative and surreal portraits (most famously, Vertumnus). His works were composed of various objects such as fruits, vegetables, flowers, and other natural elements. Arcimboldo’s style offers a fantastic opportunity to challenge students to think about drawing in a different way; can you draw a person made out of cheese? Out of bicycle parts? Vacuum cleaners? The possibilities are endless.
We asked our students to create self portraits using Arcimboldo’s style, based on the things that they were interested in.
