leonardo da vinci, facial proportion, and the self-portrait

Leonardo da Vinci, Facial Proportion,

and the Self-Portrait

What is the title of this painting?• This painting is probably the most famous portrait

in the entire world!

• It was painted by an artist named Leonardo da Vinci.

• Leonardo was a master at making his paintings look like the person he was trying to paint.

• Da Vinci lived from (April 15, 1452 – May 2, 1519)

• The Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the Late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe.

Where is Italy?

Leonardo Da Vinci

• Leonardo once wrote, “Know the proportions in human beings and other animals and learn the forms of all things on the earth. The more you know, the better you will paint.”

The Vitruvian Man drawing is sometimes called the Canon of Proportions or, less often, Proportions of Man

Leo’s Notebook

• Leonardo was constantly taking notes about the world around him. He filled many notebooks with sketches of animals, people, and nature.

• He took many measurements and was always trying to find a perfect balance so that his art had proportion.

Other Drawings from Leo’s Notebook:

The Machine Gun

• This machine actually consisted of three sets of machine guns, set on a rotating drum

• When the first set is fired, the force of the explosion would pivot the guns down, bringing the next set of guns to the top, ready to be fired.

Diving During the Renaissance?

The First Tank

Leonardo’s Helicopter

Other Drawings from Leo’s Notebook:

• Leonardo’s desire to paint things realistically was bold and fresh, and eventually became the standard for painters who followed in the 16th century

The Last SupperThe Virgin of the Rocks

Other Drawings from Leo’s Notebook:

• He studied many topics such as anatomy, zoology, botany, geology, optics and aerodynamics among others.

What is Proportion?• Simply…

– Proportion means that you make the parts fit well with each other.

• More Specifically…– Proportion in art is the relationship between two or

more elements.

– When we talk about proportion in art works we are using comparing the size of one object in the artwork to the size of another related object in the artwork. You can also compare:

• height, width and depth of the objects• size of one area to the size of another area • amount of space between two or more elements

– Proportion is usually not even noticed until something is out of proportion. For example, if a person has a head larger than their entire body, then we would say that they were out of proportion.

Good Proportion

Out of Proportion

Other works with excellent Proportion:

The Self-Portrait:

• Here’s a drawing Leonardo drew of himself as an old man.

• A picture that an artist

makes of him/herself is called a self-portrait.

Face Mapping

• Face Mapping is a technique used to set up the proportion of the features on a face.

• By drawing lines that act as guides, you can figure out where parts go and how large they should be.

• This will help make your face look more realistic.

•Draw an oval in the center of your paper

Drawing a face:

•Line of Symmetry

Drawing a face:

•Your face is symmetrical.

•This means if you think of an invisible line drawn down the middle of your face the features on the right side are the same as on the left side.

•Remember to draw lightly.

Drawing a face:

•How many times has this happened to you when you have drawn a self-portrait?

•An eye line is a guide that helps us to draw the eyes at the same height, size and proportion.

•Eye Line

•Eye Line

Drawing a face:

•Contrary to popular believe your eyes are not on the top portion of your face.

•Your eyes are located half way up or in the middle of your face .

•Eye Line

Drawing a face:

•Let’s see what this guy would look like if his eyes were located on the top portion of his face…

•Eye Line

Drawing a face:

Yikes!!!

•Eyes

•What shape are eyes?

Drawing a face:

•Parts of the eye

Drawing a face:

Iris = Colored part of your eyeEyeball = White part of your eye

Pupil = Black part of your eye, located in the center of your iris, allows light into your eye so you can see

Click here to learn more about the human eye: http://kidshealth.org/kid/htbw/eyes.html

Tear Duct = Little pink bump where your tears come out

•Proportion

•Did you know your face is about five eyes wide?

•Let’s test that theory on this guy again…

Drawing a face:

•Yep! Five eyes wide!

Drawing a face:

Eye’d win in a starring contest!!!

•Eyes and Eyebrows

Drawing a face:

• Show emotion or expression

• Can you tell what emotions this person might be feeling by just looking at her eyes and eyebrows?

•Eyes and Eyebrows

Drawing a face: Was your guess correct?

Happy

SadAngry

Tired

•Eye Brows

Drawing a face:

•Look at the direction the hairs are growing on each of your eyebrows. Sometimes they grow up and sometimes to the side.

Drawing a face:

Drawing a face:

Objectives/Goals

• Students will learn/review the Renaissance focusing primarily on Leonardo Da Vinci’s influence on the art world and the Realism Art Movement

• Students will learn basic measuring and shading tools that will enable them to draw a more detailed face. (Prior to this lesson students will have “honed” their drawing observation skills by drawing images upside down and completed multiple blind contour drawing exercises.

• Students will draw and shade 4 symmetrical faces. You will receive a grade on each based on 50% proportion, 50% shading. Each drawing will count 3 times.

Standards • Standard 1.0 Media, Techniques and processes.

Students will understand and apply media, techniques and processes.

• Standard 2.0 Structures and functions

Students will use knowledge of both structures and functions.

• Standard 3.0 Evaluation

Students will choose and evaluate a range of subject matter, symbols and ideas.

• Standard 4.0 Historical and Cultural Relationships

Students will understand the visual arts in relation to history and cultures.

• Standard 5.0 Reflecting and Assessing

The student will reflect upon and assess the characteristics and merits of their works and the work of others.

• Standard 6.0 Interdisciplinary Connections

Students will make connections between visual arts and other disciplines

• Video for Students to Watch, scroll all the way to the bottom and click on video:

• http://www.wikihow.com/Draw-Human-Faces