Self-Portrait

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.