Lesson #1 - How to Draw the Proportions of the Head (30 min)
Draw the following in your sketchbook:
Draw the following in your sketchbook:
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Lesson #2 - How to Draw the Features of the Face (30 min)
Draw the following in your sketchbook:
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Lesson #3 - Drawing Heads of Different Angles and Applying Unique Shapes, Sizes, and Features (50 min)
In your sketchbook, draw at least one head from each video. Please be sure to watch the entire video.
In your sketchbook, draw at least one head from each video. Please be sure to watch the entire video.
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Lesson #4 - Apply Concepts to Drawing from Life (50 min)
Using a mirror, draw your own head (portrait) from a 3/4 view or from a dynamic pose. You will draw on a toned paper with charcoal and white chalk You will need:
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Lesson #5 - Critical Response (30 min)
In your sketchbook, write down your thinking and sketch thumbnails in response to the presented artwork.
In your sketchbook, write down your thinking and sketch thumbnails in response to the presented artwork.
The Essential Questions
What is your "Personal Tale"?
What do you want to show others about yourself ?
What experiences have you had? What do you believe in?
What is your "Personal Tale"?
What do you want to show others about yourself ?
What experiences have you had? What do you believe in?
THE ART CHALLENGE
Using water color paint and oil pastels, create a self portrait that captures one of or a combination of the following:
Using water color paint and oil pastels, create a self portrait that captures one of or a combination of the following:
- How do you fit into society / school?
- How do you relate or react to your family / peers?
- Do you have any traditions your family follows? Do you come from another country or culture? Does religion play a part in your life?
- What are your hobbies? What do you think about most of the time?
- What passions do you have? What liberates you? What confines you?
- What best represents you: Body, Mind, Spirit, or Society
- What do you want the viewer to feel when interacting with your work?
- Do you want them to know it is about you specifically, or about your meaning in a more ambiguous way?
- How can different materials convey different meanings and emotions?
Investigate the Project Criteria / Rubric
Work must depict use of water color and oil pastels
Formative / Sketchbook Investigation for Process Planning
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Creativity:
What is your intent? How will you create something that is original or made new? |
Quality:
How will you ensure your work looks clean and aesthetically pleasing? |
Techniques / Materials:
What materials will you use for your composition? What drawing techniques will you engage in? |
Design:
How will you use the principles of design to ensure your work is visually successful? What elements of art will you use to enhance the principles of design? |
Planning:
Using the Process & Planning: Creative Cycle file below, brainstorm your ideas by working through the steps of the creation process. Document your ideas and research in your sketchbook. Research master artists that inspire you for the project. Test the materials and practice with them to best suit your needs for the project. Plan your composition layout through thumbnail sketches.
| Process & Planning: Creative Cycle.pdf |
Other Master Artists Portraits
Contemporary or Modern Portraits
Manders Portraits
Symbolic Portrait Examples
MGSH Student Portraits
Investigate Together |
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Investigate Alone |
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With a partner, or in a small group, choose 2 of the portraits showcased here on this page. Answer the following prompts and analyze your chosen works:
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Independently complete the following Venn Diagram on three chosen artworks from this site.
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Setting Up Your Composition / Creation
Your Project Criteria & Rubric
Your project must portray the following:
Your project must portray the following:
- a clear depiction of you
- use of oil pastel and watercolor
