cubist self portrait
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VALUE
Elements of art
The lightness and darkness of a color, VALUE is a achieved with
SHADING.Shading: ADD dark
Highlighting: Take away dark/ADD light
VALUE
Value scales can be used as shading practice and as a guide to determine if you achieved the
correct values in an artwork.
Value Scale
Good art has a variety of value, from the blackest black, to the whitest white.
The first is STIPPLING, shading with DOTS.
Four ways of shading
Shading with a
series of lines
going in one
direction
HATCHING
Shading with a
series of lines going
in TWO directions
CROSS HATCHING
BLENDING
Shading by smoothing out the
values so they “blend” into each other. We can use a blending-stamp.
CREATE A CUBIST SELFPORTRAIT in COLOUR OR BLACK AND WHITE
1. You will create a self-portrait using a photocopy of your face.
2. Copy the outlines and shapes of your face with a pencil.
3. Draw lines with a ruler on top of the drawing of your face.
4. Use colour pencils or graphite pencils to complete your “cubist self portrait”.
ACTIVITY: A CUBIST SELF PORTRAIT
EXAMPLES