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Distortion Portraits

Grade Level: 9
Materials Needed:
Utrecht Bristol Board
Ebony Pencil
Objectives:
To have students realize an alternate visual identity to
an existing image.
To enable students in future projects to project possibilities of
interpretation that vary from strict visual reference.
To develop sensitivity to value and texture on a large scale.
Procedure:
Discuss choice of portrait in terms of interest, framing,
texture, and dramatic lighting.
Explain freeform grid system for larger paper using the same number
of lines but with gentle sweeping curvature.
Discuss analyzing what happens with the line of chosen portrait as
to where it enters a block, where it exits, and what it does between
Transference of line analysis to larger flowing block.
Shading and texturing procedures and techniques demonstrated.
Individualization
Southern Alleghenies
Museum of Art
www.sama-art.org
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Distortion Portrait
Lesson By:
Roosevelt Jr. High School
Ralph Bennett |