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Self Portrait Project- see past student work in the students artwork tab

We start with learning to do blind contour drawings of hands and faces.
All students do a contour drawing of a partner (not a blind one!). Here is the rubric, with requirements.

Technique – Did you use the contour drawing technique correctly:  one continuous line that describes you model and NO SYMBOLS!!

Detail – Did you look CAREFULLY and include lots of details of the face, eyes, nose, lips, hair, neck and shoulders? 

Effort - Did you draw SLOWLY and invest lots of time and effort? 

Resemblance:  Does your drawing look like your model?

Completion – Did you sign and date your drawing in the lower right corner and include the name of your model in “quotes”?


We continue with an ISOMORPHIC drawing
For the eyes, watch this video about shading eyes. See all the details on an eye!
For the nose, watch this video about drawing and shading a nose.
This is a video to learn how to draw an ear
And here are the hair videos:
And now the last step: to shade your self-portrait:
If you liked this assignment, You should look at the following pinterest, where I selected self portraits that I found very interesting!
Follow Babette's board self portrait on Pinterest.
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