Self-portraitGrid Enlargement

after the pre-test

Highlight and shadow shapes

are as, if not more,important than feature shapes.

The edge that separates light

from dark iscalled a

PLANE BREAK.

Titanium White – very opaqueYellow Ochre (or oxide) – opaque

Alizarin Crimson - transparent

A good base skin tone for a typical Caucasian personWhite added

The purpose of the grid is to help to draw

accurately since all the lines are

placed into smaller areas and are in proportion with

one another.

SYNTHETICROUND ACRYLIC BRUSHES

Store the brushes “bristles up”so they don’t bend sideways.

Cover your desks with newspaper so that you can test your colors, strokes, and rub

paint off brushes before cleaning them.

Acrylic matte medium is acrylic without pigment. It looks milky, dries clear, and is used

to thin color to make it transparent. It is alsoused to seal the edge of tape to prevent bleeding.

Leonardo da VinciRenaissance PeriodLady with an ErmineOil on panel, 1485

RembrandtBaroque Period

Self-portraitOil on canvas, 1651

Sources ofInspiration

Bristles

Ferrule

Handle

Impasto paint is very thick

Scumbling is painting opaque or semi-opaque paint over another color,

creating an interaction between the two.

Glazing with acrylicis adding matte

medium to color to create a thin

layer of transparent color.

The light areasare

thicklypainted

and opaque,

IMPASTO

The shadow

areasare

paintedthinand

trans-parent.

GLAZE

The main emphasis of focus should be on

the area aroundthe eyes, nose,

and brow.