Value in Art: creating your  self portrait

Part 1: The fundamentals of Drawing

Drawing is a form of visual art in which an artist uses instruments to mark paper or other two-dimensional surface. 

For this project we will:

• Learn about the origin of your drawing materials

• The Do's & Don'ts of holding a pencil

• How to blend

Your homework assignment:   

You will observe a video on blending and complete your blending assignment practice sheet.

Value in Art: creating your  self portrait

Part 2:

Understanding Value

Essential Questions:

• What is a value drawing?

• What is Value?

• What is a Contour Line?

• What is Implied line?

• What are Value Shapes?

For this project we will:

• Create a stepped and continuous value scale

• Practice various shading techniques

• use a shading technique of choice to draw the mouth, nose and lips

Your homework assignment: Complete Exercise 1-4 in the slide show.

Value in Art: creating your  self portrait

Part 3:

Shading Techniques

Shading Techniques:

• Cross Hatching

• Hatching

• Stippling

• Scumbling

• Blending

For this project we will:

• Practice various shading techniques

• use a shading technique of choice to draw the mouth, nose and lips

Your homework assignment: Complete Exercise 1&2 in the slide show.

Value in Art: creating your  self portrait

Part 4:

Photo-realism

Photo-realism is a genre of art that encompasses painting, drawing and other graphic media, in which an artist studies a photograph and then attempts to reproduce the image as realistically as possible in another medium.

For this project we will:

• Be introduced to the Photo-realist artist Chuck Close

• use a grid technique to enlarge your photograph.

Your homework assignment: Complete Exercise 1a-Prepare your photocopy and drawing using the grid technique.