Self Portrait #2

Materials: You will need a small mirror, an acetate sheet, a water-soluble overhead pen, an overhead projector, a large piece of paper, a pencil, and chalk pastels and/or pencil crayons.Method: STEP 1: Tape a piece of acetate to a small mirror and then sit close to it as in the following illustration.

Using an overhead pen trace the outline of your face including your eyes, nose, mouth, eyebrows and hair. This task is easier if you close one eye. Pretend that you are tracing a picture and, if you can sit still, it should be that easy. It may take several tries before you are happy with the result. A piece of damp paper towel makes a good eraser for the overhead pen.

After you have completed the drawing on the acetate sheet, remove this sheet from the mirror. You now have two options: trace the outline onto the piece of white paper or, if you wish to make the drawing larger, place the acetate sheet onto an overhead projector. Make the image the size that you desire by projecting it onto the white paper. Using a pencil trace the drawing.STEP 2: Think about your activities and interests. What makes you unique? How can you represent these things using only symbols (without using words)? Choose at least six of these symbols and arrange them in an interesting way on the page. STEP 3: Complete the poster using chalk pastels to colour the face, and chalk pastel or pencil crayons to colour the other images on the page.

Portraiture

What you will learn: You will use research skills on the Internet to increase your understanding of different approaches to portraits and the contributions of various artists to the field of visual arts. Method: Research the following portrait artists.

1. Joe Fafard - Search "Joe Fafard" or go to this site (http://www.joefafard.com) Click on "Archive" and then select "People".

2. Rick Pilling - Search the "Snelgrove Gallery"(http://www.usask.ca/snelgrove/bfa/0011rp/view.html)

3. Pablo Picasso - Search "Picasso" or go to this site (http://www.museupicasso.bcn.es/eng/collection/index_collec.htm) Then choose #12. 1917 - 1957 and #13. Las Meninas, 1957.

4. Amedeo Modigliani - Search "Modigliani" or go to these images (http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/modigliani/modigliani.beatrice-hastings.jpg) and (http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/modigliani/modigliani.leopold-zborowski.jpg)

5. Maurade Baynton - Search "Maurade Baynton" or go to these sites (http://www.clearwater-publishing.com/Baynton/Maurade%20Baynton.htm), (http://www.picturethisgallery.com/Artists/Baynton,%20Maurade/maurade_baynton.htm), and (http://www.artincanada.com/mauradebaynton/gallery2.html)

Answer the following questions. Make reference to the specific artist and artwork for each question.

1. Which of the portraits are more realistic than the others?

2. In which portraits are the proportions altered to achieve different expressive qualities?

3. Explain how three of the portraits have been altered to capture some of the essence of the subject in the portrait.

Choose one portrait that interests you. Prepare a short internet research project that uses presentation software such as PowerPoint. The project should include three facts about the artist, what the artist's purpose was in creating the portrait, and why you chose this particular portrait.

Self PortraitWhat you will learn: You will be making keen observations of detail while drawing half of your own image.Materials: manila tag paper 9" by 12", your school photograph enlarged to about 8" by 10", pencil and eraserMethod: 1. Cut your photo into two parts through the nose. Glue one half of the image onto the manila tag paper. 2. Carefully study the details and start by drawing the basic shapes. 3. When the basic shapes have been mapped in observe the eyes. Note that the iris of the eye is not a complete circle, that white light is reflected in the corner of the pupil of the eye, that the eye lid has a flap, that there is a tear duct in the corner of the eye, and that the lashes do not stand straight up. 4. Observe the nose. There are no lines that go up the face between the nose and the eyes. However, there are shadows that can be drawn to make the nose seem three dimensional. The nostrils are not circles, but ovals or even lines depending on the angle of the picture. The bottom of the nose should be shaded. The centre of the nose which goes up to the brow line should be light as it catches the light. 5. Next observe the lips. Study your picture to find the correct position of the corner of your lip. How wide is the top of the lip compared to the bottom? Note that the top lip is usually darker than the bottom lip because it is partly shaded. 6. When drawing your hair look for light and dark shapes. You cannot possibly draw every strand of hair; however, you can get the desired effect by making sure that the strands you do draw start from the scalp and continue in the direction that the hair actually goes. The shadows will make the hair style look more natural.