Portrait (Technical Guidance)

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YEAR 8

PORTRAITS GUIDE


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EYES

THE PUPIL SHOULD BE THE DARKEST

AREA OF THE FACE

THE IRIS MAY BE LIGHTER THE SURFACE OF THE EYE IS WET SO

WILL REFLECT THE LIGHT

LOOK FOR SHADOWS AROUND THEEYE YOUR EYE IS SET INTO YOUR

HEAD WITHIN A SOCKET


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HOW TO DO

Tips on the LIPS

Know your NOSE

Care for the HAIR

Look at those EYES

SKIN ????? (a merit for thebest phrase)


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Blending Primary Colours

(andRESERVING

white)


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Lesson Objectives

Use a mirror to observethe detail of your lips.

Using the primarycolours blend them

together to create thetones on your eyes, noseand lips on the other halfof your drawing

Remember your eyes &

lips may be darker thanyour face this dependson your skin tone.


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Are you skilled with skin?

Blend for cleansed skin?

Win with your skin. Skin makes you grin.

Put a wash on/Wash your skin for the

perfect tone


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LIGHT AND SHADE ON THE LIPS


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Lesson objective

Understand your lips! Lips are very muscular and curvy

The upper lip often appears darkeras it isin shadow because it curves inwards

The lower lip catches the light so it maylook lighterand there is a shadow below

Generally there is no strong outline

Task: make an image of YOUR lips usingcollage (you could pose with a spoon inyour mouth) Draw carefully first!


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YEAR 8 PORTRAITS

HAIR


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LESSON OBJECTIVES

TO UNDERSTAND HOW TO SHADE IN

THE HAIR

TO RE CAP ON THE TONES ANDCONTOURS OF THE FACE

TO LOOK AT THE WORK OF AN ARTIST


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HAIR

HAIR SHOULD BE

DARKER THAN

YOUR SKIN TONE

UNLESS YOU HAVE

VERY BLONDE HAIR


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HAIR

LOOK CLOSELY AT

WHERE LIGHT AND

SHADE FALLS ON

THE HAIR THIS WILL

GIVE IT VOLUME


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HAIR

We would like to make our portraits more

personal so be experimental with the hair

Your could: PAINT

COLLAGE WITH MAGAZINES

DRAW COLLAGE WITH YOUR OWN PAPER

YOU HAVE MADE


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Lesson objective

Close up of your eye Your EYE AREA has many shapes and

textures (wet and shiny, hairy, etc.)

You need to use TONE to show3D/roundness otherwise it looks flat

Ensure that the pupil and iris are ROUND


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Lesson objective

KNOW YOUR NOSE! Unless seen from the side (profile) thenose has few obvious edges so you needto observe/draw the shadows it creates

Think areas of tone not lines

Include highlights and deep tones(especially if you see into the nostrils)

Task: using primary colours only find 3noses to copy from magazines or paintedportraits. Present and annotate


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Rebeka - 'I painted my self-portrait just after my

return from Bangladesh, my personal migration.'


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Lesson Objective

View young artists like yourselves

Interesting self portraits are made by

artists in all times, all cultures and of allages

Their common link is that they can tell us

something about that artist


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Ambia I am the Ice Queen


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Lesson Objective

Finish the face and hair

Rub out all grid lines

Paint in a very subtle background whichgoes with your portrait (discuss with me)

Begin printing

REMEMBER ALL THE DETAILS OF HOWTO PRODUCE A GOOD PRINT


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Lesson Objective

Read my face!

Facial expression can tell us about you

We could also include text as part of theself portrait

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