Click image to download lesson I love to draw portraits. That's my thing. My most challenging portrait lesson is the 3/4 pose. I designed a step-by-step tutorial for my students to guide them through mapping out the face, measuring the features in proportion to the whole, and creating a contour line drawing of their face turned to the side so only 3/4 show. Download the lesson from tpt here.
- I've had students use these portraits to explore monochromatic color schemes. See this post.
- I have scanned and printed them to practice value drawing. See the gallery.
- I've also introduced skin colors with tints/shades and color mixing for hair. See this gallery.
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Click the image above to view the 5th grade gallery of sketches on Artsonia
Click the above image to see the 5th grade gallery of self-portrait paintings
Click the image to see the gallery of Value Drawings
Resources:
Value Drawing from Tricia Fuglestad on Vimeo.
Watch the slideshow of presidential portraits to see how artists have painted. Look for their use of value and 3/4 poses.
Digital Extension:
When we finish our portraits we will take a digital picture of them on our iPads, erase the backgrounds in superimpose and layer them into a magazine template. Here students will get a chance to describe the things they will one day do to make their mark on the world for good.
See this lesson and resources here.
Download the resources here.
See this lesson and resources here.
Download the resources here.
Click to see the finished 5th grade Newsweek Covers
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