In Grade 7 Studio Art, students recently completed portraits
of someone they admired or inspired them or they had an opportunity to create a
self-portrait. Students studied Proportion and how to draw the face and its
features more accurately that used measurement techniques learned in class.
Here is a handout students used to guide them in learning Proportion.
Additionally,
students learned how to create depth and volume by using a range of Values in
their portrait drawings and emphasized highlights and shadows. We surveyed a
variety of artists and their styles like Renaissance artist Albrecht D
ürer
to Symbolic portraits from Frida Kahlo. Students used a variety of drawing
mediums that included, Cont
é Crayons, charcoal, pencils, and
erasers, which students experimented with and used to create rich values and
textures in these portrait drawings.
These final drawings have wonderful use of line and likeness to their
subjects and have come along way from their first portraits drawn in class.
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| Woody Allen by Jesse G. |
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| Steve Jobs by Brian I. |
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| Abe Lincoln by Mae C. |
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| Michelle Dockery by Ava H. |
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| Regina Spektor by Lauren M. |
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| Taylor Swift by Shruthi V. |
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| Usain Bolt by Alex D. |
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| Charles Darwin by Max L. |
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| Self-Potrait by Miki M. |
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| Cristiano Ronaldo by Zachary S. |
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| General Patton by Benny H. |
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| Self-Portrait by Julian D. |
