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​ "Personal Tales" Self Portrait

​Lesson #1 - How to Draw the Proportions of the Head (30 min)
Draw the following in your sketchbook:​

Lesson #2 - How to Draw the Features of the Face (30 min)
Draw the following in your sketchbook:
  • 10 eyes
  • 10 noses
  • 10 sets of lips / mouths
  • 10 ears
  • One wig of hair with shading (like last picture)
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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.  

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:
  • A drawing board
  • tape or clips
  • compressed charcoal & white compressed chalk
  • vine charcoal
  • eraser
  • toned drawing paper
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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.
Titus Kaphar Website

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? 
 THE ART CHALLENGE
Using water color paint and oil pastels, create a self portrait that captures one of or a combination of the following:
  1. How do you fit into society / school?
  2. How do you relate or react to your family / peers?
  3. Do you have any traditions your family follows? Do you come from another country or culture? Does religion play a part in your life?
  4. What are your hobbies?  What do you think about most of the time?  
  5. What passions do you have? What liberates you? What confines you?
  6. What best represents you: Body, Mind, Spirit, or Society
  7. What do you want the viewer to feel when interacting with your work?
  8. Do you want them to know it is about you specifically, or about your meaning in a more ambiguous way?
  9. 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

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
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File Type: pdf
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Other Master Artists Portraits

Kehinde Wiley
Lucian Freud
Jean Michel Basquiat
Jean Michel Basquiat
Frida Kahlo
Gustave Corbet
Chuck Close
Vincent Van Gogh
Frida Kahlo
Andy Warhol
Frida Kahlo
Jacob Lawrence
Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso
Paul Gauguin
Faith Ringgold
Kathe Kolwitz
Edgar Degas

Contemporary or Modern Portraits

Manders Portraits

Symbolic Portrait Examples


MGSH Student Portraits


Investigate Together

or

Investigate Alone

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:
  1. Describe each piece.  What is being seen in each artwork?  
  2. What is the most prominent art element found in the work?  How is that art element organized to create a Principle of Design?
  3. Is the work finished?  Is there a sense of Unity?  How do you know?  
  4. How are the two works similar?  How are they different?  Use specific examples from each.
  5. What emotion or message is being communicated through the portrait?  What are the clues to inform you about the artist's intent? 
  6. What influences or ideas can you take from these works into your own self portrait?  
Independently complete the following Venn Diagram on three chosen artworks from this site.
art_anaylsis_venn_diagram.pdf
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Setting Up Your Composition / Creation


Your Project Criteria & Rubric
Your project must portray the following:
  • a clear depiction of you
  • use of oil pastel and watercolor
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        • Unit 1 - Photoshop Basics - Graphic Design
        • Unit 1 - Photoshop Basics
        • Unit 2 - Clone Multiplicity - Layer Masking
        • Unit 2 - 3D Tools: Photoshop CS5
        • Unit 3 - Surrealism & Digital Art
        • Unit 4 - Illustrator Basics & Vector Art
        • Unit 5 - Illustrator Logo Design
        • Extra Cred - 3D Imaging Oldschool!!!
        • Doodle 4 Google
      • B >
        • Unit 1 - Illustrator Basics & Vector Art
        • Unit 2 - Illustrator Logo Design
        • Unit 3 - After Effects CS5 Animation
        • Unit 3 - After Effects Lightsaber >
          • Student Examples - After Effects CS5
        • Unit 3 - Stop Motion Animation
        • Unit 4 - Illustrator to After Effects
        • Unit 5 - Cloning in After Effects
        • Unit 6 - Motion Tracking Fire Hands
        • Unit 5 - 3D Effects & Imaging
    • Painting >
      • A >
        • Unit 1 - Color Theory
        • Unit 2 - Tempera: Cultural Connection Parody
        • Unit 3 - Acrylic #1 - Classical Layering
        • Unit 4 - Acrylic #2 - Alternative Mediums
        • Unit 5 - Water Color
        • Unit 6 - Final Digital Portfolio
      • B >
        • Unit 1 - Watercolor Composition
        • Unit 2 - Oil Painting Sticks
        • Unit 3 - Identity Self Portrait
        • Unit 4 - Encaustic Painting
        • Unit 5 - Final History Composition
      • C >
        • Unit 1 -
        • Unit 2 -
        • Unit 3 -
    • Design: G,C,&SA >
      • Unit 1 - Understanding Art & Design
      • Unit 2 - Variety & Unity Poem Illustration
      • Unit 3 - Typography & Logo with Ligatures
      • Unit 4 - Logo Design
      • Unit 5 - Graffiti Lettering
      • Unit 6 - Comics & Character Design
      • Unit 7 - Character Development & Designer Toys
      • Unit 8 - Street Art
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