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The document provides instructions for students to create an expressive self-portrait. It emphasizes practicing individual facial features before starting the final portrait. Students should focus on accurate proportions, craftsmanship, and composition. Guidelines are provided for drawing the basic facial structure with proportional lines and placing features. Expectations include including accurate proportions and either color theory exploration or advanced use of value. Quality and practice are stressed to develop technical skills. A timeline is given for the project with checkpoints to practice features and receive feedback before the final portrait is due.

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Us Expressive Self Portrait Project

The document provides instructions for students to create an expressive self-portrait. It emphasizes practicing individual facial features before starting the final portrait. Students should focus on accurate proportions, craftsmanship, and composition. Guidelines are provided for drawing the basic facial structure with proportional lines and placing features. Expectations include including accurate proportions and either color theory exploration or advanced use of value. Quality and practice are stressed to develop technical skills. A timeline is given for the project with checkpoints to practice features and receive feedback before the final portrait is due.

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Expressive

Self-Portrait
Project
Art - Ms. SQ
Before beginning to draw a portrait, you must look at
your facial features and photos of yourself carefully!
Squint your eyes when you look at your references for drawing and look for the different areas
of light versus dark! It will help!

You will NEED to practice drawing individual facial


features in your sketchbook before starting onto your
final self-portrait!
Train your eye to break down what you see into little shapes to help you draw with your lines!
Like your eyes are a circle with the center with curved triangles on each end!

REMEMBER: Technical quality should be your focus


with proportions and execution of craftsmanship and
composition!
Basic Steps for drawing a Face:

Draw an egg shape (but


remember not all faces are egg
shaped!)

This bit can be difficult, so


remember to draw it light until
it’s right!
Next, draw a vertical line
down the center.

This will help make sure that


you line up the nose, mouth,
and eyes correctly.

You will NOT keep this line in


the end!
Draw a horizontal line in the
middle.

Believe it or not, this is where the


eyes are going to go! Your eyes are
in the middle of your head.

You will NOT keep this line in the


end.
Draw a horizontal line between
the eye line and the bottom of
the chin.

This is where the nose will go


and the bottom of the ears for
the side of the face.

Fun Fact: your nose and ears are


the only part of your body that
will continue to grow FOREVER!
One third of the way down
from the nose line, draw a
3rd horizontal line.

This is where the mouth will


go!
Draw in the eyes with the
corners on the line.

To ensure the eyes are the


correct size, you should be able
to fit 5 equal eye widths across
the head!
Draw the bottom of the nose.

The nostrils should rest on the


line.
Draw in the mouth with the line
dividing the two parts of the lips.

By measuring ⅓ in from the corner


of the eye and drawing a dotted
line vertically on each side, you
can achieve an accurate mouth
width!
Draw in the ears and the
hairline!

The hairline can help


determine the shape of the
face.

Remember the ears should fit


snugly between the eye and
nose lines.
Draw the neck by drawing a
vertical line from the outer
corner of the eye on each side
to achieve the correct width.

Remember that the neck to


the shoulders will curve
gently. The shoulders are 3x
the head width! Don’t give
yourself tiny shoulders!
Now add the hairstyle of your
choice!

Notice the hair grows out away


from the head, appearing as an
indent where the hair is parted!

Long hair requires you to make


longer pencil strokes

Notice the hair on top of the head


is lighter where it reflects the
light and darker underneath! This
is achieved through using many
or few lines accordingly.
Short hair requires you to use
shorter pencil strokes

Look carefully at the different


directions that the hair can fall
in!
You can then give your portrait
value by rubbing or using
hatching/cross-hatching or
stippling. Add tone to give a more
realistic appearance.

Remember, there are only


guidelines in how to draw a
portrait in proportion!

Everyone varies slightly and that is


what makes us so interesting,
unique, and individual!
Student Work Examples (Art I must include color):
More Student Examples (Only for Art II):
REMEMBER: Drawing
is a fine motor skill and
takes lots of practice!
You are going to want
to practice drawing out
your self-portrait and
features at least a
couple times before
starting your final!

If you practice first, you


WILL feel better about
your final self-portrait!
Expectations for Art I: Expectations for Art II:
- Must include your face and express - Must include your face and express
accurate facial proportions accurate facial proportions
- Must include COLOR theory and - May or may not include color
exploration of experimenting with theory, BUT must show complete
color and VALUE use of VALUE
- The entire composition (layout) - The entire composition (layout)
was thought about and taken care was thought about with high detail
of properly and care
- Self-Portrait is expressive and - Self-Portrait is expressive and
shows part of who YOU are shows part of who YOU are
- Technical skill is displayed with - Technical skill is displayed with
quality craftsmanship of materials quality craftsmanship of materials
used used
- Can use any 2D drawing and - Can use any 2D drawing and
coloring mediums available coloring mediums available
- QUALITY IS KEY - QUALITY IS KEY
Work on this EVERYDAY.
Practice, Practice, Practice!
QUALITY is key.
Suggested Color Mediums:

Colored Pencils - Will blend very easily and you can layer colors. Crayola is a great brand to start with! quality/price of colored
pencils can range. Prismacolor pencils are another option, where the color is softer on the core of the pencil. These pencils
deposit color more and blend quicker.

Crayons - Made of wax and will still blend.

Oil Pastels - If you want a fancy crayon, try oil pastels! Just like a crayon, but made from oil! These will blend very easily and can
be messy.

Watercolor pencil - It’s a pencil...but it’s also paint. The best of both worlds! You can use this like colored pencil, but top it off
with a paint brush and a cup of water for a twist in your coloring experience. It will make your colored pencil transform into
paint in the blink of an eye!

Markers - Most markers are water based and it will not blend as much as the others listed. Water based markers are great for
one solid bold color. If you have a alcohol based marker, these will blend just as much as the others listed. Alcohol based
markers can range from $5-10 per marker, a recommended brand is Copic.

Note: When in doubt with brands, go for Crayola! You can always find higher quality art supplies at your local Hobby Lobby and
Michael’s craft shop. Visit Hobby Lobby’s website for a new 40% coupon for one item everyday too!
Examples of
Art Mediums!
Tentative Project Timeline:
● Introduce and start brainstorming on Monday 11/16
● Explain how to draw accurate proportions due on Google Classroom question on
Wednesday 11/18 (formative and attendance)
● Testing out facial features and details on Thursday 11/19 to Monday 11/23
● Thumbnail Sketches of nose, eyes, mouth, ears, and hands due on Tuesday 11/24
(formative grade) (Thanksgiving Break 11/25-27)
● Start blocking out composition, practicing and planning self-portrait and explore color
theory on Monday 11/30
● Sketch of self-portrait composition due on Wednesday 12/2 (formative and
attendance)
● Two solid weeks prior to Holiday Break dedicated to your final self-portrait (there will
still be an assignment due each Wednesday for Attendance).

Final Self-Portrait due on Tuesday 12/15 (summative grade)

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