Key learning points

1. Facial expressions convey emotions such as happiness, sadness, anger, and surprise.
2. Artists use facial features to depict different expressions in portraits.
3. Portraits can evoke an emotional response from the viewer.

Keywords

• Portrait - a painting, drawing or photograph of a person, with an emphasis on the face, personality and attributes of the sitter

• Feature - a part of the face like eyes, mouth, or nose

• Realistic - a representation of something that is accurate and true to life

• Exaggeration - a representation of something that is more extreme or dramatic than it is usually

Common misconception