Portraits and Double Exposure

What is a Portrait?

Part 1: Making the Double Exposure

1. Open PhotoShop

2. Pull in your portrait (the more interesting the perimeter line, the better!)

3. Erase out the background of your portrait and clean up the edges

4. Make the portrait black and white

5. Increase the contrast of your portrait: IMAGE -> Adjustments... -> Levels... (you decide)

6. Pull your “nature” image onto your portrait image and stretch it to fit in an interesting way

7. Make the "nature" image black and white

8. Switch to your portrait layer

9. Using a lasso tool, trace the edges of your portrait

10. Switch to your nature layer

11. Right click your mouse and “Select Inverse”

12. Erase in the inversely selected area

13.Change the layer blend mode to Pin Light or Hard Light

14. Merge your layers (SHIFT CTRL E)

15. Create a new layer underneath your portrait

16. Using the paint bucket tool, color your background a light gray color

** It is helpful to eyedropper the color from your portrait**

17. Choose your portrait layer

18. Change the layer opacity (between 50-70%, you decide)

19. Repeat steps 5-14 as necessary until you are happy with your result

20. Save as a JPEG titled LASTNAME_DOUBLEEXPOSURE#

21. Upload the final JPEG onto your side on a new page called "Double Exposure"

Part 2: Writing the Artist Statement

22. In a new Google Doc: Write artist statement about your work answering the following questions:

- What portrait types did you choose to use and why?

- What nature scenes did you choose to use and why?

- How do the two images in these artworks work together?

- Is youroverall (all 4 images) artwork successful, why or why not?

- What do you want a viewer to know about this artwork?

23. Copy and paste your artist statement under your double exposure image on your website.

Part 3: Compile Your Work

24. Upload your portrait and artist statement onto Google Classroom (be sure to hit TURN IN!)

25. Fill out a rubric and give to Mrs. Yelenick (this is your printing pass)

26. Cut out and mount your double exposure, then turn in with your rubric to Mrs. Yelenick!

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