In this piece, the subjects are many mouths, noses and eyes. The assignment was to find different mouths, eyes and noses that are from different angles and of different shapes. I created this work using graphite that varied in hardness. I looked at the pictures that I had cut out from a variety of magazines and varied the value of my sketches based on the value of the cut out pictures. I choose these specific facial features because the were the features that were both the biggest and the most interesting. The eyes I chose had the most value I could see and the noses and mouths varied in color and value as well. I really worked on shading in this piece so that it would have a wide range of value and I also really worked on the realism of the facial features. In this piece I worked on value and grouping.
As previously explained, I really worked on he value of my facial features and I also grouped the features together so it would form a face of sorts. If I had put eyes, noses and mouths all over this piece, I would not have been representation of the way a face is, but because I grouped the features the way they are grouped, this piece could be seen as a face of sorts.
This project evolved from one with not as much shading and value to one with a lot more. I originally was not going to try to match values as well, but I decided it would be a lot cooler if the pictures and my sketches lined up. Overall, I would have liked to have different angles and views of these facial features, but I am happy what I did with the features I had.