WARM-UP!WARM-UP!

In your opinion, what’s the most difficult part about drawing faces? Please be prepared to share your answer.

Drawing Drawing PortraitsPortraits(it’s not as scary as you think)(it’s not as scary as you think)

What is a portrait?What is a portrait? A portrait is a

painting, photograph, sculpture, or other artistic representation of a person, in which the face and its expression is predominant. The intent is to display the likeness, personality, and even the mood of the person Gwyneth Paltrow, 2008

Montse Bernal

Some of the earliest surviving painted portraits of people who were not kings or emperors, are the funeral portraits that survived in the dry climate of Egypt's Fayum district. The portraits covered the faces of those who were mummified for burial.

Mummy portraits done on board with tempera paint. From the 2nd Century

The art of the portrait flourished in Ancient Greek and especially Roman sculpture, where sitters demanded individualized and realistic portraits, even unflattering ones

Roman portraiture is characterized by its "warts and all" realism

During the 4th century, the portrait began to retreat in favor of an idealized symbol of what that person looked like.

Roman Emperor Constantine I

Roman Emperor Theodosius I

True portraits of the outward appearance of individuals re-emerged in the late Middle AgesPortrait of Henry the VIII

When the artist When the artist creates a portrait creates a portrait of him- or of him- or herself, it is herself, it is called a called a self-self-portraitportrait. .

Self Portrait by Vincent Van Gogh

Self Portrait of Self Portrait of Pablo PicassoPablo Picasso

Self Self Portrait Portrait of of Salvador Salvador DaliDali

Dual Self Dual Self Portrait by Portrait by Stella Im Stella Im HultbergHultberg

Portrait Pre-AssessmentPortrait Pre-Assessment

To see where you’re at (an to have something to compare your final drawing to) we’re going to be drawing portraits from photographs.

DON’T PANIC! These are NOT being graded!

Creating Value ScalesCreating Value Scales

Value refers to the lightness or the Value refers to the lightness or the darkness of a colordarkness of a color

A value scale shows the wide range A value scale shows the wide range of lightness and darkness you can of lightness and darkness you can achieve with your pencil and ebony achieve with your pencil and ebony pencilpencil

WARM-UP!WARM-UP! Look at the image of the ruler below and

find the one inch mark.

We will be creating 1 inch by 1 grids over our reference photos and drawing paper. Why is it important to make sure your measurements are exact?

To-Do ListTo-Do List 1. Finish practice grid drawing 2. Draw grid over final draft paper and

reference photos (same photo your use for your portrait pre-assessment) **make sure your measurements are

carefully done

Begin with a line drawing of your photo, paying close attention to where things are located in the boxes and how large or small they are within the box