For the next couple of weeks, you will be involved in a series of exercises related to portraiture (the drawing or painting of faces) that will be combined into a single cube project.
1. In the first part, you will draw each of your features twice, on separate 5 x 7 notecards. Draw for accuracy of proportion, spacing, and contour (line). The first drawing of each feature can be "straight on", but the second should be from a different angle, or using a different expression. Draw one left and one right eye, one left and one right ear, then two each of your mouth and nose (from different angles). Draw slowly and carefully. These should be YOUR specific, unique features. Include the area of your face immediately surrounding each feature.
Material: Graphite (pencil)
Size: 5 x 7" each (eight separate drawings)
Draw to fill the paper.
2. Once completed with your observational line drawings, you will be placing each feature within a square of heavyweight white drawing paper and using a different medium to add value and color to each drawing:
3. Answer this question in your journal: What makes up my identity, and how does my identity impact my role as a community member?
In your journal, write down notes about who you are as a person: "What makes up my identity...?" What are your interests? Your dreams and aspirations? Your strengths and weaknesses? Describe your personality.
The second part of the question may be more difficult: "...how does my identity impact my role as a community member?"
4. In your sketchbook, illustrate those ideas in ways that clearly communicate them.
5. Add your drawings to a cube.
Glue six of your features drawings to a cardboard cube (which has been pre-made for you). You will complete the cubes by adding the illustrations about yourself. To do this, you may use carbon paper to imprint your sketchbook drawings onto the cubes, then refine the drawings in whatever fashion you'd like.
Unify the sides of your cubes via a similar color palette or style. Complete the cubes in whatever fashion you'd like.
1. In the first part, you will draw each of your features twice, on separate 5 x 7 notecards. Draw for accuracy of proportion, spacing, and contour (line). The first drawing of each feature can be "straight on", but the second should be from a different angle, or using a different expression. Draw one left and one right eye, one left and one right ear, then two each of your mouth and nose (from different angles). Draw slowly and carefully. These should be YOUR specific, unique features. Include the area of your face immediately surrounding each feature.
Material: Graphite (pencil)
Size: 5 x 7" each (eight separate drawings)
Draw to fill the paper.
2. Once completed with your observational line drawings, you will be placing each feature within a square of heavyweight white drawing paper and using a different medium to add value and color to each drawing:
- Conte crayon
- Pen and ink (hatching, cross-hatching, stippling)
- Color pencil
- Oil pastel
- Collage (colors from magazine clippings)
- Color tissue
- Choice
- Choice
3. Answer this question in your journal: What makes up my identity, and how does my identity impact my role as a community member?
In your journal, write down notes about who you are as a person: "What makes up my identity...?" What are your interests? Your dreams and aspirations? Your strengths and weaknesses? Describe your personality.
The second part of the question may be more difficult: "...how does my identity impact my role as a community member?"
4. In your sketchbook, illustrate those ideas in ways that clearly communicate them.
5. Add your drawings to a cube.
Glue six of your features drawings to a cardboard cube (which has been pre-made for you). You will complete the cubes by adding the illustrations about yourself. To do this, you may use carbon paper to imprint your sketchbook drawings onto the cubes, then refine the drawings in whatever fashion you'd like.
Unify the sides of your cubes via a similar color palette or style. Complete the cubes in whatever fashion you'd like.
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