1. Meet at Conference on Democracy at theater building sharp NOT THE ART ROOM. I will take roll there, and we will sit together as a group.
2. Extension on bringing a photo: Now due: Monday Oct. 24th the beginning of class: We will be looking over our pictures and starting to grid.
Homework rubric:
A: Student comes prepared with three distinctly different photos; photo is current ( within the last year). Lighting is good, face is well lit, not blurry,
Photo has eyes, nose and mouth ( none of the features concealed). Photo has a background or evokes a mood. images are printed out NOT ON IPHONE OR COMPUTER
B: Student comes with less than three photos. Images looks like it was taken quickly, Lighting is okay, but not considered. Parts of the face are concealed.
C: Student comes prepared with one image, photo isn't current. Photo is blurry...
Find a good photograph for your pencil portrait drawing. When choosing your photo try and find a large photo to work from. As a Portrait Artist, drawing from a larger the original photo has more more detail to extract from it.
The key to a good pencil portrait is shading, and so a photo taken in natural light will get better results than a photo with the subject's face washed out by flash. See if you can find a photo where one side of the face is darker than the other, this will give the finished pencil portrait more depth.
Choose a good picture where you really look like yourself. Don't use the one photo where you are not yourself. What I can see on the photograph is what I will draw.
Another link can give you some ideas of concepts....
