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Self-Portrait When you make a picture of yourself

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Self-Portrait (It's Me O Lord) 1934 Rockwell Kent lithograph on paper image: 13 7/16 x 9 3/4 in. (34.0 x 24.7 cm.) Smithsonian American Art Museum Museum purchase

Self-Portrait 1919 Claude Buck oil on wood 13 1/2 x 14 1/8 in. (34.5 x 35.7 cm.) Smithsonian American Art Museum Gift of Mrs. Claude Buck Claude Buck ( ) Claude Buck was born in New York in 1890, and received his early instruction from his artist father. A child prodigy, Claude entered the National Academy of Design at the age of 14, staying on for the next 8 years. His works caught the eye of a Chicago art dealer, whose representation prompted his move there in 1919, where he participated in a number of exhibitions and one-man shows. In order to be closer to his son, Buck and his wife moved to Santa Cruz, California, in Buck is best known for his exquisite portraits and still lifes, both showing Asian design influences, and for his introspective symbolist paintings.

Self-Portrait (1918) Morris Kantor oil on linen 22 1/8 x 18 in. (56.1 x 45.7 cm.) Smithsonian American Art Museum

Self-Portrait 1929 Malvina Hoffman limestone 25 7/8 x 17 1/8 x 13 in. (65.4 x 43.5 x 33.1 cm.) Smithsonian American Art Museum Gift of the Charles Lamson Hoffman Family

Feeling Pushed 1977 Robert Arneson chalk, pencil, and crayon on paper sheet: 41 7/16 x 29 13/16 in. (105.2 x 75.6 cm.) Smithsonian American Art Museum

Family 1986 Romare Bearden collage on wood 28 x 20 in. Smithsonian American Art Museum

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Self-Portrait When you make a picture of yourself

Claude Buck Self-Portrait oil on wood 13 1/2 x 14 1/8 in. Smithsonian American Art Museum This artist chose to draw himself without much expression. It is difficult to tell what he is feeling. Does he look a little sad or just thoughtful?

Claude Buck Self-Portrait oil on wood 13 1/2 x 14 1/8 in. Smithsonian American Art Museum The head is an egg-shape: an oval that is narrower at the bottom

Claude Buck Self-Portrait oil on wood 13 1/2 x 14 1/8 in. Smithsonian American Art Museum How guide-lines help us place the features of the face

Divide the head with light lines The eye line is half way between the top of the head and the chin. The nose line is almost half way from the eyes to the chin These lines are called guide lines. They help us put the facial features in the correct places on the face. Draw them very lightly. The center line divides the head in half from side-to-side The mouth line is almost half the way from the nose line to the chin

Claude Buck Self-Portrait oil on wood 13 1/2 x 14 1/8 in. Smithsonian American Art Museum The eyes are one eye apart

Claude Buck Self-Portrait oil on wood 13 1/2 x 14 1/8 in. Smithsonian American Art Museum The eyes shaped like footballs.

Claude Buck Self-Portrait oil on wood 13 1/2 x 14 1/8 in. Smithsonian American Art Museum The irises are round circles that touch the top and the bottom of the eye.

Draw the eyes on the eye line Draw the top of the eyes as a curve that starts on the line and ends on the line Draw the bottom of the eyes as a curve that starts where the top curve starts and ends where the top curve ends The eyes should be one eye apart The iris is the colored part of the eye. It should be drawn as a perfect circle that touches both the top and the bottom of the eye

Adjust the Irises The pupil is a small circle in the center of the iris The irises can be drawn to one side or the other

Adjust the Eyelids

Claude Buck Self-Portrait oil on wood 13 1/2 x 14 1/8 in. Smithsonian American Art Museum The nose is about as wide as the space between the eyes.

Claude Buck Self-Portrait oil on wood 13 1/2 x 14 1/8 in. Smithsonian American Art Museum The end of the nose is a U shape. The nostril cover is like a C.

Draw the guide lines down from the inside of the eyes The end of the nose should be as wide or wider than the space between the eyes

Draw the end of the nose on the nose line The tip of the nose is a U shape about the size of the iris. The nostril covers are C shapes about the same size as the tip of the nose

Claude Buck Self-Portrait oil on wood 13 1/2 x 14 1/8 in. Smithsonian American Art Museum The bridge of the nose is drawn up between the eyes and through the eye brows, starting at the end of the C shapes

Claude Buck Self-Portrait oil on wood 13 1/2 x 14 1/8 in. Smithsonian American Art Museum Another way to draw the bridge of the nose is to start it at the tip

Draw the bridge of the nose The bridge of the nose goes from near the nostril cover, past the eye. The bridge line does not touch the eye, but go past it.

Another way to draw the bridge lines The bridge of the nose can be drawn from near the end up past the eye.

Compare the two ways of drawing the bridge

Claude Buck Self-Portrait oil on wood 13 1/2 x 14 1/8 in. Smithsonian American Art Museum The mouth is no wider than the space between the pupils of the eyes.

Draw the mouth on the mouth line The center line of the mouth starts with a slight dip below the line then curves slightly above it, ending on the line. Draw the guide lines down from the center of each eye. Erase the straight mouth line

Claude Buck Self-Portrait oil on wood 13 1/2 x 14 1/8 in. Smithsonian American Art Museum The mouth is drawn on the mouth line. The upper lip is above and the lower lip is below the line

Draw the lips the same way whether the mouth is open or closed The upper lip dips in the center then curves down to the ends of the line.

The lower lip The lower lip is fuller than the upper lip and curves up to the ends of the mouth line.

Frans Hals Young Man and Woman in an Inn ("Yonker Ramp and His Sweetheart") 1623 (Dutch) Oil on canvas 41 1/2 x 31 1/4 in. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York You can draw the face with a smile

Rockwell Kent Self-Portrait (It's Me O Lord) 1934 lithograph on paper 13 7/16 x 9 3/4 in. Smithsonian American Art Museum Or you can draw the face with a frown

To make a smile: Erase the edges of the mouth and redraw the lines upwards

To make a frown: Erase the edges of the mouth and redraw the lines downwards

Frans Hals Young Man and Woman in an Inn ("Yonker Ramp and His Sweetheart") 1623 (Dutch) Oil on canvas 41 1/2 x 31 1/4 in. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York You can draw the mouth open

To open a smiling mouth: Draw a second lower lip

To open a frowning mouth: Just draw new lower lip

If you have drawn an open mouth you must lower the chin Only the bottom lip moves when you open your mouth Lower the chin the same amount as you opened the mouth.

To open a frowning mouth really wide: Erase the lower lip completely

To open a frowning mouth really wide: Draw the opening and redraw the lower lip

To open a frowning mouth really wide: Lower the chin and erase the old chin line.

The eye brows can add expression to the face

When you are satisfied with the face erase the guide lines

Claude Buck Self-Portrait oil on wood 13 1/2 x 14 1/8 in. Smithsonian American Art Museum The guide lines for the ears line up with the eyes and the nose

Draw the guide lines for the ears The ear is drawn from between the eye and the eye brow... …to the nose

Claude Buck Self-Portrait oil on wood 13 1/2 x 14 1/8 in. Smithsonian American Art Museum The ears are C shapes that are a little wider at the top than the bottom

Draw the ears Then erase the guide lines

Claude Buck Self-Portrait oil on wood 13 1/2 x 14 1/8 in. Smithsonian American Art Museum The guide line for the neck lines up with the chin

Draw the guide line for the neck

If the mouth is open draw the line from the original chin

Claude Buck Self-Portrait oil on wood 13 1/2 x 14 1/8 in. Smithsonian American Art Museum The neck is two straight lines that start half way between the ears and the chin

Claude Buck Self-Portrait oil on wood 13 1/2 x 14 1/8 in. Smithsonian American Art Museum It curves a little bit below the line

Claude Buck Self-Portrait oil on wood 13 1/2 x 14 1/8 in. Smithsonian American Art Museum The shoulder line is straight but slanted down slightly

Draw the neck and shoulders Draw neck lines straight and vertical Like this Not like this Or this Like this

Draw the neck and shoulders Draw the small curves below the line

Draw the neck and shoulders Draw the straight shoulder lines Like this Not like this Or this Like this

Claude Buck Self-Portrait oil on wood 13 1/2 x 14 1/8 in. Smithsonian American Art Museum The neck line is a simple curve

Draw the neck and shoulders Draw the neck line Erase the guide line

Claude Buck Self-Portrait oil on wood 13 1/2 x 14 1/8 in. Smithsonian American Art Museum There are two hairlines you must draw: The inside hairline and the outside hairline

Now you are ready to draw the hair First the inside hairline The inside hair line is drawn from where the ears start... You can draw this line showing bangs...

Now you are ready to draw the hair There are two hair lines The outside hair line is drawn from just above the top of the head down to the end of the hair. It can be short or long

Claude Buck Self-Portrait oil on wood 13 1/2 x 14 1/8 in. Smithsonian American Art Museum Once you have drawn the hairlines, you erase the head line

Claude Buck Self-Portrait oil on wood 13 1/2 x 14 1/8 in. Smithsonian American Art Museum Once you have drawn the hairlines, you erase the head line

Draw the two hair lines that you want for your figure When the hair lines are the way you want them erase the top of the head line.

Claude Buck Self-Portrait oil on wood 13 1/2 x 14 1/8 in. Smithsonian American Art Museum Add texture lines in the hair

You should add texture lines

Claude Buck Self-Portrait oil on wood 13 1/2 x 14 1/8 in. Smithsonian American Art Museum Draw lines that show wrinkles or the edges of shadows

This is how Claude Buck’s painting might look as a drawing. But no extra lines to add expression

This is how Claude Buck’s drawing looks with expressive lines.

Lines you can add to increase expressiveness

Notice how the shading makes the drawing look more realistic, like a photograph.

Center the drawing on the gray paper. The bottom border should be larger than the top.

Turn drawing over to the back.

Place a drop of glue in each corner of the drawing.

Turn drawing over and press it in place for the count of 30.

Glue the label in the center of the bottom. Use only one drop of glue in each corner

Student Self Assessment

Description of the Unit Discussion questions for you and your parents or guardians Student Self- Assessment

Grant Wood

Turn both sheets to the back

Apply one drop of glue to each corner of the assessment sheet

Lay the assessment sheet face up on the black paper Hold it down for silent count of 30

Hand in your artwork, as directed.