Grid Portraits

Drawing Portraits of your using a GRID

Instructions:

1. choose a portrait you wish to draw

2. create a 1 inch X 1 inch grid on transparency paper

3. Select with medium you wish to draw your portrait in

4. Select the correct paper for the chosen medium

5. Measure the length and width of your drawing paper

6. WHATEVER YOUR MEASUREMENTS ARE, FIND THE LOWEST NUMBER YOU CAN DIVIDE EACH NUMBER BY

EX. 24in X 18in    each number is divisible by 2 

so you will create a 2inX2in grid on your large drawing paper

Features 10/3/12

EYE VIDEO (click)

Nose Video (click)

Drawing Mouths (click)

FACES

Learning How to Draw Portraits

The most important concept  to understand when drawing a face is the facial proportions. Below are the RULES for facial proportion

RULES
* Chin is smaller then the crown of the head ( upside down egg)
* Eyes are directly in the middle of the head
* Nose is halfway between the eyes and the chin
*Middle of lips are half way between the nose and chin
* Corner of the mouth lines up with the pupils
*Ears are from eyes down to the nose
* Between your eyes should fit another eyes width
* You should be able to fit 5 eyes across your face
*Female neck should line up with the outside corner of the eye
Male neck should line up with the ears.

 OIL PASTEL FLOWERS

09/26/12

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUWCBsRaKxo&feature=player_detailpage

Georgia O'Keefe Inspired Flowers

In this lesson we will be exploring the artist Georgia O'Keefe and her famous close up flower paintings. 

Supplies:

* a zoomed in view of your favorite flower

* colored construction paper

* white chalk pencil

* oil pastels 

Students are to draw and exact replica of their chosen flower picture. Students are to draw the flower on colored construction paper with white chalk pencil. Once the flower is drawn you will then use oil pastel to color in the flower. TIP: use your fingers to smudge the oil pastels together to ge the blended technique.

Sept. 18, 2012

CLASS, 
PLEASE click on the the link below and do the "LEARNING TO SEE" Section "B" drawing exercises.  YOU MUST DO ALL OF SECTION B BY MONDAY!!
Drawing Site

Please do the exercises in your sketchbook. Turn it in on MONDAY