Breadth #2 - Creative Portrait.
Contrast: Contrast refers to differences in values, colors, textures, shapes, and other elements. Contrasts create visual excitement, and add interest to the work. If all the art elements - value, for example - are the same, the result is monotonous and unexciting.
Emphasis: Emphasis is used by artists to create dominance and focus in their work. Artists can emphasize color, value, shapes, or other art elements to achieve dominance. Various kinds of contrast can be used to emphasize a center of interest.
Balance: The distribution of interest or visual weight in a work. If all the visually interesting elements of a work are centered in one spot, the work is off-balance and the viewer's gaze will be stuck in one place, ignoring the rest of the piece. A balanced piece of work will have art elements arranged such that different areas draw the viewer's eye around or through the whole piece. Some types of balance are symmetric, asymmetric, and radial.
Creative Portrait. Use grid method if need be.
-PORTRAIT CHOICE:
1. PORTRAIT Develop a portrait that shows an emotion. The portrait should be made in high contrast with a full range of value to enhance the mood of the pose. The background imagery should be relevant to the emotion of the drawing. Use ebony or a variety of different pencils.
2. PORTRAIT – MULTIPLE ANGLES Draw 5 small portraits as the person is rotating. Consider moving the head up or down, changing facial expressions, monochromatic color theme or changing medium from one image to the next. Show full range of value.
3. PORTRAIT IN MOTION Draw a figure in motion. Examples are dancing, cooking, running, etc. Possible solutions include drawing the figures from multiple perspectives, overlapping drawings.
4. EXTREME PERSPECTIVE PORTRAIT Drawing portraits from non-traditional perspectives can add life and variety to your drawings. Draw a foreshortened portrait of you lying down with your face or feet facing towards the viewer. Other options are to draw from an ants perspective, looking down from above or up from below. Mediums: Colored Pencil, Charcoal, Ebony.
Emphasis: Emphasis is used by artists to create dominance and focus in their work. Artists can emphasize color, value, shapes, or other art elements to achieve dominance. Various kinds of contrast can be used to emphasize a center of interest.
Balance: The distribution of interest or visual weight in a work. If all the visually interesting elements of a work are centered in one spot, the work is off-balance and the viewer's gaze will be stuck in one place, ignoring the rest of the piece. A balanced piece of work will have art elements arranged such that different areas draw the viewer's eye around or through the whole piece. Some types of balance are symmetric, asymmetric, and radial.
Creative Portrait. Use grid method if need be.
-PORTRAIT CHOICE:
1. PORTRAIT Develop a portrait that shows an emotion. The portrait should be made in high contrast with a full range of value to enhance the mood of the pose. The background imagery should be relevant to the emotion of the drawing. Use ebony or a variety of different pencils.
2. PORTRAIT – MULTIPLE ANGLES Draw 5 small portraits as the person is rotating. Consider moving the head up or down, changing facial expressions, monochromatic color theme or changing medium from one image to the next. Show full range of value.
3. PORTRAIT IN MOTION Draw a figure in motion. Examples are dancing, cooking, running, etc. Possible solutions include drawing the figures from multiple perspectives, overlapping drawings.
4. EXTREME PERSPECTIVE PORTRAIT Drawing portraits from non-traditional perspectives can add life and variety to your drawings. Draw a foreshortened portrait of you lying down with your face or feet facing towards the viewer. Other options are to draw from an ants perspective, looking down from above or up from below. Mediums: Colored Pencil, Charcoal, Ebony.