Value Portrait Drawing 

In this unit, students will create a realistic portrait with a pattern background.

Students can choose between options: graphite blending value portrait or arbitrary color pencil blending portrait.
MAKE YOUR OWN TORTILLON

Content

  • ABOLITION FIGURES
  • PEOPLE KILLED BY POLICE
  • INCARCERATED PEOPLE

Art History

  • PORTRAITURE
  • PHOTO-REALISM
  • PROTEST PORTRAITS

Composition 

  • REPRESENTATIONAL STYLE
  • 3/4 OR FRONTAL POSITION
  • RULE OF THIRDS
  • ARBITRARY COLOR

Technical Skills

  • SHADING TECHNIQUES
    • BLENDING
  • ACCURATE PROPORTIONS
  • LIGHT & SHADOW

Content

ABOLITION INTRODUCTION
HISTORY
COMMUNITY SUPPORT: CARE FIRST, JAILS LAST

Art History

Composition Concepts

Style

Vantage Point

Framing

Arbitrary Color

Technical Skills

Shading Techniques

Proportions

Light & Shadow

Project Medium Choices

Graphite Blending

  • Pencil Blending with Tortillion
 - OR -

Colored Pencil Blending

  • Colored Pencil Blending with Tetradic Colors

Exercises

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Upside-down Drawing
INSTRUCTIONS
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Value Scales
INSTRUCTIONS
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Self Portrait Value Exercise
INSTRUCTIONS
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Pattern Exercise
INSTRUCTIONS
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Photo Instructions
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Overview Instructions

Value Portrait Presentation

VIDEO DEMONSTRATIONS

PROJECT OVERVIEW
ABOLITION PRESENTATION VIDEO
MAKE YOUR OWN TORTILLON
EXERCISE 1: UPSIDE DOWN DRAWING
EXERCISE 2: VALUE SCALES
BORDERS
PENCIL BLENDING
COLORED PENCIL BLENDING
COLORED PENCIL HATCHING
INK PEN SHADING TECHNIQUES
EXERCISE 3: SELF PORTRAIT DRAWING
BORDERS
PHOTO & DIGITAL GRID
PENCIL BLENDING
COLORED PENCIL BLENDING
COLORED PENCIL HATCHING
INK MODELING
EXERCISE 4: PATTERN BACKGROUND
BORDERS AND SHAPES
RANDOM PATTERN
BLENDING IN RANDOM PATTERN
​BLENDING WITH GRAPHITE
BLENDING SECOND HALF IN NEW VALUES
SECOND PATTERN
REVIEWING THE REQUIREMENTS​
FINAL PORTRAIT: BORDERS & GRID
FINAL PORTRAIT: ERASING GRID & CHOOSING PATTERN
FINAL PORTRAIT: PATTERN BACKGROUND
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