In order to learn portrait painting, you will need to attend art school or courses. To write a psychological portrait that reflects the main characteristics and facets of the personality, analytical skills, the ability to clearly express their thoughts and a rich vocabulary will be required.
It is necessary
Analytical skills, the ability to clearly express one's thoughts, vocabulary, fiction and psychological literature
Instructions
Step 1
For inspiration and role models, you can look to the works of authors of fiction. Drawing up a psychological portrait is the task of a psychologist, and every good writer is a potential psychologist who has been honing his skills on heroes for years. Pay attention to the works of Leo Tolstoy, Anton Chekhov, Oscar Wilde, William Shakespeare, and from contemporaries - to the heroes of Lyudmila Ulitskaya and Viktor Pelevin.
Step 2
If a psychological description must be provided at the place of study, work, military enlistment office or other authority, use the official business style when writing.
Step 3
If a psychological portrait is drawn up for personal creative purposes, then this is the case when you can give free rein to your literary abilities and use the artistic style of speech.
Step 4
When writing a psychological portrait, you will need to familiarize yourself with the basic concepts of general psychology, and then, with their help, try to reveal the content of your personality.
Step 5
At the beginning of the characteristic, indicate general, "personal" information about yourself: name and surname, age, place of birth, and so on. Their list depends on the goals you pursue.
Step 6
Tell us about your interests, because they are the source of your motivation and set the direction of your activities. What are your hobbies, what is important to you, how much you care about it.
Step 7
Pay attention to intellectual development. Here we can talk about the peculiarities of memory, thinking, attention, the development of speech and general skills and abilities.
Step 8
Reveal the specifics of your emotional life, the strength and direction of feelings and experiences. Of course, the volume of this part in relation to the entire text will depend on the purpose of your psychological portrait.
Step 9
Be sure to remember your abilities, self-esteem, level of aspirations, strong-willed and moral and ethical qualities.
