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This is a drawing requested by a student of the character Uma from the Movie Descendants 2

Lesson: I can draw a portrait of a person.

Expressive Faces

Vocabulary:

Portrait

Proportion

Contour Drawing

Portraits are a way for us to remember, or even get to know, people. A portrait shows a likeness of a person. It can also show the mood, the expression,  or how a person is feeling.

By looking at the two portraits below, how do you think these people may feel when you see their expressions?

Artist learn to draw people by looking at the features of the face.  They learn to draw the basic proportions of a face. Proportions are measurements that help the artist make things look correct. Proportions are used to compare one part to the other parts, or to the whole.  Artist use this knowledge to create portraits, and pictures of other things.

Study the guide lines of the face.

Practice drawing the guide line proportion of the face, then ask a class mate to pose for you while you draw him or her. Use their face to turn you guideline picture into a portrait of them.

• Look closely at the face notice how each part is closely related to the other part. 
• Use contour drawing to show the shapes and the face of the details. In contour drawing you draw slowly and carefully. As you work, imagine that your drawing tool is touching and slowly moving along the edges of the face. Start at one side and continue around to the other. Then add details in side the face. Keep you eyes on your classmate.
• Use the point of you pencil for thin sharp lines. Used the side of you pencil for think heavier lines.

Lesson: I can make thumbnail sketches for a bigger design.

Looking Closely

Vocabulary:
Sketch
Contour Drawing


Sometime artist makes sketches to remember and understand what they see.
A sketch can be a drawing without a lot of details.  Some sketches have more details than others.
An artist made the sketches in this picture to prepare for a larger drawing he would use in a painting.

Describe the lines in this picture.

Describe the lines in this picture.

I this video the artist uses different styles of lines to make marks

A sketch can be a contour drawing. A contour drawing shows the edges our outline shape of a form. 

• Look closely at your hand. Notice how each part is related to other parts.
• Draw slowly and carefully.
• Follow the edges you see.

Lesson: I can draw a portrait about me.

Who I Am.

Vocabulary:
Portrait
Self-Portrait

Some artist choose to draw portraits as a job. We call these types of artist Portrait Artist (job title).
A portrait shows a likeness of a person. The portraits in these examples also show what people do and how they feel.

What are the people doing in the first picture below?

 

The Child's Bath by Mary Cassatt

 

Bride and Groom by Amedeo Modigliani

What does the title of this picture suggest about these people above?

A self-portrait is an artwork of the artist themselves.  Think of it as a selfie that the artist creates by studying themselves in a picture or mirror and then drawing what they see about themselves.

Try creating a self-portrait by using crayons and / or markers on a sheet of paper.

Step one: Make your face using a large oval like shape, and the draw your neck and shoulders.

Face grid front 4" by 6". Free to use.

How to make a (self) portrait video:

Step two: Create a border to frame your portrait, Think about things that are important to you. Decorate the border with pictures that show things you like and / or care about. This will add background to your art and make it more interesting to look at.

Rubric for grading:

Does...

• self portrait fill the page?
• self-portrait show the artist's appearance and personality?
• the decorations and background reflect the artist's interest?

Lesson Question Review:

1. When you draw a picture of yourself what do we call it?
2. When you draw a picture of a friend what do we call that?

Extra vocabulary terms:

• Symmetry (approximate)
• Axis Line
• Grid
• Free Form Shape