This Art Project is all about YOU!You will spend three weeks creating your self-portrait.
Ms. Kline will take your photo with a digital camera and upload it into her public folder on the server.
The goals of this project are:
To learn how to use graphic art software.
To creatively explore your "future self."
Day 1:
Let's get ready to draw.
- Log in to Ms. Kline's public server account.
- Click on your class period.
- Find your photo.
- Drag your photo to your desktop.
- Close all windows.
- Open your photo.
- Make this window only 1/4 the width of your desktop, but the full height of your desktop.
- Open AppleWorks 6.
- Open a "painting" document.
- Save it as "LastName+FirstName+SelfPortrait"
- Drag the window to cover your entire desktop with your painting document.
- Open the tools and colors.
- Change the color palette to "earth tones" for a more realistic color for the human body.
- Choose the paintbrush tool with the smallest point.
- Begin drawing the outline of your face
Week 1:
You may only draw your
face.
- Look at your face.
- Concentrate on the shape.
- Draw the outline of your face.
- Don't be afraid to erase and do it over.
- Don't erase everything, just the section you don't like!
- Look at your eyes.
- Draw your eyes.
- Do not draw big round eyes.
- Look at your nose.
- Draw the shape of your nose.
- Look at your mouth.
- Your mouth is not a straight line.
- Draw the outline of your mouth.
- Look at your ears
- Draw the shape of your ears.
- Look at your hair.
- Draw the outline of your hair.
- Use the paintbrush tool with multiple dots so it looks like strands of hair.
Week 2:
You may only draw your
body.
- Look at your neck.
- Look at how it meets your head and shoulders.
- Draw your neck.
- Look at your shoulders.
- Look at the sweep of the shoulders away from the neck.
- Draw your shoulders.
- Look at your arms.
- How far do your arms go past your waist?
- Where do your arms bend next to your body?
- Draw your arms.
- Look at your hands.
- How long are your fingers compared to your arms?
- Draw your fingers.
- Look at your chest and waist.
- Look at where your chest meets your arms
- Look at where your waist meets your chest.
- Draw your chest and waist
Week 3:
You will now add a background placing you in the
future.
- What would you like to be?
- What setting will you be in?
- What objects will be around you?
- What will you be wearing?
- What will you be doing?
Take your time, and do not rush. You may also continue working on your face or body.
When you are satisfied with your self-portrait, you will save it as a .jpg file and place it in Ms. Kline's public server drop box. If you need instructions to do this, read the blog lesson "
Save Your Work in a Public Server Account." Ms. Kline will print your self-portrait in color for you to keep. You will also be able to keep a copy of your .jpg file for your digital portfolio.
