Manisha
Friday 21 Dec 2012 - 10:00 AM

11 Phenomenal Celebrity Self Portraits

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Pierce Brosnan was trained as a commercial artist. He began to pursue a career in art and began to work as an illustrator. He picked it up again as a therapeutic method to cope with his first wife's illness. Profits from his sales are given to the Brosnan Trust, which distributes money to environmental, children's and women's health charities. (Image via piercebrosnan.com)

Fancy a foray into something a bit more creative this festive season? Take inspiration from these (mostly) musicians who transferred their tortured genius onto canvas. John Lennon’s simple line drawing is worth close to 10k now, and just quietly, we’ve been waiting all year to include Courtney Love’s watercoloured self-representation in a listicle. Though it’s not unusual for creative people to be able to adequately dip their toes into other artistic ventures, the 11 images in the gallery above make us think, if Bob Dylan can whip a portrait so iconic up in five minutes, surely we can too. Take a few hours out of the obligatory family events this season to pictorially execute a picture of your favourite subject – yourself.

(Images credited in Gallery)