Value Portrait Drawing with Pattern Background

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

The unit includes five exercises, one finished composition, a rubric and reflection.

Blending an Eye Exercise

This exercise helps you make compositional decisions - thinking about negative space as well as positive space, organic and geometric shapes, and practice using proper glue technique.
   You'll need:
  • Worksheet
  • Tortillon
  • Drawing Pencil
  • Ruler
Draw what is there rather than what you think should be there.