Self-Portrait from SOMEWHERE ELSE

We will think about who we are, what defines us, what we value, what we need, and where we ARE from. Then, well look at where we COULD BE from. Today, were going to look at... OURSELVES.

The super secret self-portrait sketching skills seminar

You might be thinking...

Wow, I really cant draw people.

Luckily,

I am not asking you to draw people, like to just sit down and magically be able to draw what people look like. That would be really hard.

This is a , just like reading for comprehension, or learning to speak another language, or learning a skill in math.

skill

In fact, its a lot like geometry. The SECRET to drawing a good selfportrait is in HOW you pay attention to what youre looking at. There are tricks that make it easier!

Expectations:
1. Listen. 2. Try. 3. Respect.
Work quietly, be focused on what you are doing. Put forth your FULL EFFORT the whole class. Follow the directions. Me, you, each other. At all times.

I reserve the right to grade you based on these criteria.

Each person at your table needs...

mirror block of wood sketchbook drawing pencil eraser

* REMEMBER:
No one else looks like YOU. Be sure to draw YOU, not just what you think a portrait should look like. Pay close attention to the individuality of YOUR face.

1. Carefully look in the mirror.

Step 1: FACE

2. Stare at the contour (outer edge) of your face...note where the exterior of your face shifts and moves in and out, because of the shape of your bone structure. (You may even want to trace the edges of your face with your ngers) 3. Pick up your pencil, and LIGHTLY draw ONLY the outer edge of your face. Pay close attention to where your bone structure moves in, and to what degree.
*TIP: Use sighting to determine the angles of your cheek and chin

Step 2: NECK
1. Check the location of where your neck aligns with your head. (Hold your pencil vertically in front of the outer edge of one side of your neck... Where does it line up with your jaw line? 2. LIGHTLY draw it.

Step 3: PLACEMENT of FEATURES

Horizontal lines: Divide your face in half Divide those halves in half Vertical line: Divide your face in half

PLACEMENT of FEATURES but you dont have to take MY word for it...
typical eye line
(the middle of your eyes)

PLACEMENT of FEATURES
eye line

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typical eyetypical nose line line nose line

(the of your eyes) mouth middle (the bottom of your nose) chin

PLACEMENT of FEATURES

Step 4: EYES
1. Use sighting to measure the space between your eyes - compare it to the length of one of your eyes 2. Use sighting to measure the space between the outer corner of your eye and the edge of your head - compare it to the length of one eye 3. Lightly mark lines to show the length of each eye

Step 3: MEASUR
Horizontal lines: divide your head in half divide those halves in half Vertical line: divide your head in half

EYES, continued...
Begin by drawing a circle in the space you marked. The circle should be just barely smaller than the marks you made for the outer corners of the eye. This is your eyeball

EYES: eyelids
1. Begin looking carefully at your upper eyelid.
2. Lightly draw ONLY the line for the upper edge. Be sure to pay close attention to how much/little it arches. 3. Then look at the top of the upper lid. Lightly draw in the edge of the esh for the top of your eyelid.

EYES: eyelids
1. Now look carefully at the shape of your lower eyelid.
2. Lightly draw it in, paying close attention to the shape it makes - how much it dips up and then back down. 3. Take a step back, and look at your drawing so far. Make any adjustments if things appear off - what could you change?

EYES: the iris

1. How much of your iris (the colored part of your eye) is showing? 2. To help you, look closely at how much white is on either side of your iris. 3. Carefully and lightly draw a circle for your iris - make sure to notice how much of it is covered up by your eyelids.

EYES: the pupil

1. The pupil is at the center of your iris, and is the darkest part of your eye (because its an opening - yikes.) 2. How big is your pupil right now? (It changes depending on the light.) 3. Carefully draw your pupil exactly where you see it.

Step 5: NOSE
Determine how much space is between the corners of your eyes and where your nose begins. (Be sure to leave enough space for the dark area of your skin by the inner corners of your eyes.) Remember - there is an eye space between your eyes!

Step 5: NOSE
Look for the bridge of your nose. This is in between your eyes, and is the part that comes furthest away from your face. It will be lighter (because it is getting more light!)

Step 5: NOSE
To help yourself gure out the space above your eyes, follow the bridge of your nose up and outwards. Lightly draw lines to represent that space.

Look closely at your eyebrows. What shape do they make?

Step 5: EYEBROWS

Are they arched? Flatter? Slanted? Thick? Thin?

Step 5: EYEBROWS

Try either of these ways to draw your eyebrows: 1. Lightly draw the outline of the shape of your eyebrow, then slowly shade it in. 2. Create the eyebrow using individual lines.

outline and shade

Step 5: EYEBROWS

Try either of these ways to draw your eyebrows: 1. Lightly draw the outline of the shape of your eyebrow, then slowly shade it in. 2. Create the eyebrow using individual lines.

outline and shade

create out of lines

Step 5: EYEBROWS

Lightly create the shape of your eyebrows - use whichever method you feel will work better for your eyebrows. Remember that they will probably look different from each other!

Nose
1. Begin by drawing in the basic shape of your nose. Divide it into planes, like the image to the left. Use your pencil to check angles of the nostrils. 2. Determine how far the outer skin of your nostrils should extend by comparing their location to the corners of your eye. Use sighting to check by holding your pencil vertically in front of the corner of your eye.

1. What does YOUR nose look like?

Nose

Does the tip of your nose angle down, straight, or up?

Muscles in your lips...

Mouth

1. Begin with the dip in the middle of your top lip. How much of a V does it make? How severe of a V? 2. Use sighting to check the angles on either side of the top lip. 3. Use sighting to check the angles on the bottom of the UPPER lip.

3. Use sighting to determine the angles of the edges of your bottom lip.

Step 3: HAIR
1. LIGHTLY draw in the shape of the outer edges of your hair. (Be sure to account for enough room for the top of your skull!)

HAIR, continued...
2. Identify and add value to the dark SHADOW SHAPES 3. Gradually begin adding the next lightest value where you see it.

HAIR, continued...

Be selective about where you add lines. Avoid lines in highlights

Start Here...

Then get to here!

Adding Value

VALUE
How can I add value in a pencil drawing?

urge RESIST themarksto smudge your pencil to create

value - this is hard to erase and usually just ends up making everything the same value

VALUE
Hatching:

How can I add value to a pencil drawing?

Some types of pencil shading:

CrossHatching: Stippling:

Adding Value

1. Start with large shadow shapes

2. Gradually build in slightly lighter, and slightly darker value shapes

3. Find more detailed and smaller, subtle values of extreme darks and lights to enhance contrast