Self Portrait

Images Similar to What We’re Doing But NOT EXACTLY!

This Activity is Broken up into 2 Parts Your self Portrait (Face, Skin, Hair) Done in ONLY pencil Using elements of Shading Part 2: Using Warm and Cool Colours For Clothing and the Background

Part 1 Use a mirror to draw a self portrait of yourself Torso and up! Not just head Take your time and HAVE FUN! Doesn’t have to be Perfect

Shading Once you have a basic outline, use elements of SHADING to improve your portrait

Shading Using pencil to depict levels of darkness on paper by applying more dense and darker for dark areas and less dense and lighter for light areas Out faces have lighter and darker spots Can also depend on light source Closer to light source is lighter shade, and further away is darker shade Help create the illusion of Depth on paper

Let’s Take a Look at Some Examples! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzg-9SsV-gE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6xB4DMs1E4

End of Step 1 A shaded Face, Skin, and Hair Anything on your BODY Don’t worry about clothes That comes Later!

Step 2: Warm and Cool Colours With your Face shading complete 1. Draw clothing (or add detail to it) 2. Draw a background of some sorts that represents you and your interests/ emotions DO NOT shade the background or clothing

Warm Colours Red Yellow Orange Pink Gold Brown

Cool Colours Blue Green Purple Violet Gray Silver Teal

Next Pick either Warm of Cool colours for your Clothing, and use the other one for your Background Example: If everything in your Background is coloured in with WARM COLOURS, then everything on your Clothes should be coloured in with COOL COLOURS And vice versa!

Final Product 1. A self portrait where your Face, Skin, and Hair are drawn in ONLY pencil. Use shading appropriate to demonstrate lightness, darkness, and depth 2. Clothes are coloured in with either Warm or Cool colours ONLY 3. Background is coloured in with whatever you DID NOT choose for the clothes