1606 - 1669
Dutch (Holland)
See more of Rembrandt's self portraits at rembrandtpainting.net
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Rembrandt van Rijn
1606 - 1669 Dutch (Holland) See more of Rembrandt's self portraits at rembrandtpainting.net Get to know the artist:
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Due: One week
Using oil pastels, create a color self portrait (head, neck, shoulders) that differentiates light and dark. Use warm colors (yellows, oranges, or pinks) for the lighter areas and cool colors (blues, greens, or violets) for the shadows Medium: Oil pastel Size: Sketchbook (11 x 14") or larger First: Arrange a single light source to create dramatic shifts in light and dark on your face. Graded on:
One day
Using a soft drawing pencil or charcoal, draw as much of your face as possible by only using changes in tonal values. Don't draw any lines. Define your face by roughing in the dark, middle, and light areas rather than by defining the contours. Use the side of your drawing material instead of the tip. Project Description:
Using your graphite drawing pencil, draw a traditional self-portrait from a 3/4 angle (side of head, both eyes, side of nose, one ear showing) The drawing must include your head, neck, and shoulder, and take up a full page of your sketchbook. It must be from a mirror, not a photograph. Spend time on realistic neck, collar, shirt/shoulders Set yourself up in front of a mirror, with your face turned at a 3/4 angle to the mirror. With a light pencil line (using an HB or 2B pencil), rough out the general proportions of your head, neck and shoulders. Then, as you become more confident of your accuracy of the direction of line and the proportions, use a darker pencil and a heavier mark for some of your lines. Medium: Ebony pencil, or other graphite drawing pencils Objectives:
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To Start:
Draw your own facial features as accurately as possible. Draw each feature (eye, mouth, nose, ear) three times, from different angles and with different expressions. Draw from life (mirror), NOT photographs. Draw large, fitting two or three features on each page of your 11 x 14" sketchbook.
Objectives:
These are to be careful contour line drawings, not rough sketches. Where you feel it is needed to establish form/structure/three-dimensionality, you may use some tonal value ("shading"), but this is not a requirement. Materials:
Due: One class period
You will need:
Draw the following, each in its own separate page of your sketchbook:
Project:
Using various media, draw a series of self portraits Objectives:
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First Drawings: To start, you will be working on a series of self portrait drawings to be completed in a single class period. Look carefully and closely at yourself in the mirror. Choose a good viewpoint (it does not necessarily have to be straight on), and remain still as your draw. Your focus should be to capture contour and proportion as accurately as you can given the guidelines. 1. Draw a blind contour drawing of yourself. To do this, you must not look at the paper as you draw. Draw to fill the entire paper. Draw slowly and carefully, following the edges of the various forms on your face. If you lose your place, you may stop and look at your drawing to get to set yourself in the right place, then stop looking and continue drawing blindly. If you consider the first drawing unsuccessful, do a second one. Bear in mind, there will likely be a considerable amount of distortion. 2. Draw a continuous contour drawing that includes your head, neck and shoulders (shirt collar, etc.). You can only use one line for the entire drawing. If your pencil accidentally leaves the paper, place it where you left off and continue. Draw to fill the entire paper. 3. Draw one of your features, large (fill the paper). Concentrate on accurate proportion and contour (line) first. Once you are satisfied that your line drawing is accurate, add value (using your ebony pencil, a set of drawing pencils, or a charcoal pencil). Tonal value should be used to establish three-dimensional form, so use light, middle, and dark tones. Assignment:
Three graphite (pencil) contour lines drawings of your hand, in different gestural poses and from different angles. PLUS Three graphite (pencil) contour lines drawings of your foot, from different angles. Entirely from observation (from life; no photographs) You may of course use mirrors to vary the viewpoints. DO NOT trace your hand. Draw large; fill the page of your sketchbook with each drawing (So, 6 pages) After completing the line drawing, you may add tonal value (shading) to create three-dimensional form if you'd like (as in the examples above). Recommendation: Carefully draw ONE each day. Graded on: Accuracy of proportion Accuracy of contour line |
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