Dewey Mac Lab - DL Cubist Portrait 6

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Cubist Portrait Unit

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Cubist Portrait Planning Rubrics

Cubist Portrait 6: Composition Sketches

1. Review Lesson Goals

Complete 2 planning composition sketches BEFORE you start your Cubist Portrait final drawing

SWBAT:

1. Review Composition options for their own original Cubist Portraits.

2. Plan and explore composition ideas by creating at least 2 Composition Sketches

Student Samples

2. Next Lesson: Cubist Portrait Final!

We are not starting the final one yet!

Student Samples of Cubist Portrait Final

Complete this assignment, #6: 2 Composition Sketches first!

3. Cubist Portrait Composition Ideas (Review)

Composition Sketches

Video 1 of 3

(2:07)

Pause, and replay as needed.

LINES:

• Thick or thin• Curved or straight• Orderly or Chaotic• "Drawn" or implied

SHAPES:

• Usually created with intersecting lines, but not always• Usually Geometric but sometimes Organic• Created with "drawn" or implied line • Contain close up and cropped (cut off) objects • Contain shading with gradual transitions from dark to light • Contain textures/patterns

OBJECTS:

• Usually close up and cropped (cut off)• Usually shown in multiple view points• Usually rotated at an angle

COMPOSITION:

• The compositions are usually visually balanced with an asymmetrical arrangement of the art elements• The art elements are the shapes, lines, etc. (listed above)

4. The Composition: The What, How & the Where (Review)

"Cubist Portrait" by Phoenix Bones

Composition Sketches

Video 2 of 3

(3:34)

Pause, and replay as needed.

WHAT:

Objects, Shapes, Values, etc.

• Eye, feather, mouth, nose, ear, gem, bracelets, unidentifiable objects.• Vertical, horizontal, and diagonal intersecting thin parallel lines• Shapes that are shaded or filled with patterns

HOW:

Size, Rotation, Etc.

• Drawings are mostly cropped and mostly drawn inside the shapes with some overlapping.• One eye is the largest, other objects are smaller and at a variety of sizes. • Everything is rotated except the ear

WHERE:

Placement, Symmetry/Asymmetry.

• The largest drawing of the eye is at the upper left.• Other objects and textured/shaded shapes are arranged throughout the composition in a way that creates asymmetrical visual balance. • The lines and objects mostly do not go to the edge of the paper creating an empty border of space around everything.

5. Composition Sketches

Composition Sketches

Video 3 of 3

(14:14)

Pause, and replay as needed.

PENCIL:

• Composition sketches should be done in pencil so changes can be easily made

LIGHTLY DRAWN:

• Composition sketches should be done lightly at first, again so changes can easily be made

SIMPLE:

• Composition sketches do not need to have a lot of detail. Save that for the final project.

SHADING OPTIONAL:

• Shading is sometimes good to include to help plan for balance. Dark shades are visually strong and should be used in a way that creates visual balance (symmetrical or asymmetrical). The same applies for color.