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Opposing Self Portraits and Expressive Text By: Victoria Miller

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Opposing Self Portraits and Expressive Text. By: Victoria Miller. Challenge . Create a work of art using self-portraiture and expressive text. Theme: Transformation the  act or process of  transforming. the  state of being  transformed. change  in form, appearance,  nature, or  character. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Page 1: Opposing Self Portraits and Expressive Text

Opposing Self Portraits and Expressive Text

By: Victoria Miller

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Challenge

• Create a work of art using self-portraiture and expressive text.

• Theme: Transformation– the act or process of transforming.– the state of being transformed.– change in form, appearance, nature, or character.

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Self Portraits and Emotion

Self Portrait, 1889 by Vincent Van Gogh

Vincent van Gogh, 1889, oil on canvas, 60.5 x 50 cm, Courtauld

Institute of Art, London, UK

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Gustav Corbet, The Desperate Man, 1844 - 1845, oil on canvas

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Chuck Close, Big Self-Portrait, 1967-68.Acrylic on canvas. 107 1/2 x 83 1/2" (273 x 212 cm). Walker Art Center,

Minneapolis. Art Center Acquisition Fund, 1969.

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Self Portraits Using Text

1. What emotion/emotions does this image evoke?

2. How does the text evoke this emotion?

3. How did the artist use value and texture?

http://naldzgraphics.net/tutorials/how-to-create-a-simple-face-text-portrait-in-photoshop/

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1. What emotion/emotions does this image evoke?

2. How does the text evoke this emotion?

3. How did the artist use value and texture? Anatol Knotek, Jean-Michel Basquiat, 61cm x

81cm, acrylic and permanent marker on canvas, 2003.

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1. What emotion/emotions does this image evoke?

2. How does the text evoke this emotion?

3. How did the artist use value and texture?

Ben Durham. Amanda, 13, Graphite text on paper, 2008, Private collection.

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Student Exemplars

All images from: http://schooart.weebly.com/text-portraits.html

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Agenda Session 1 • Challenge: Create a work of art using self-portraiture

and expressive text.• Objectives: Create two self-portraits using just words

and text that describe two opposite emotions. Sketch out lightly two portraits while looking in a mirror.

• Theme: Transformation• Key Concepts: Choice of words, tone, and meaning• Materials: Sketchbook, dictionary and thesaurus,

drawing paper, pencil, eraser, and pen. Oil pastel or colored pencil in one color may be used to express emotion further

• Time Allotment: Three class periods

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Agenda Session 2• Challenge: Create a work of art using self-portraiture and

expressive text.• Objectives: Once drawn out, the portraits may be filled in

with the necessary values and textures using only text. • Theme: Transformation• Key Concepts: Choice of words, tone, and meaning• Materials: Sketchbook, dictionary and thesaurus, drawing

paper, pencil, eraser, and pen. Oil pastel or colored pencil in one color may be used to express emotion further

• Time Allotment: Three class periods

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Agenda Session 3• Challenge: Create a work of art using self-portraiture and

expressive text.• Objectives: Once completed, both images will be matted

together to prepare for display and a class critique. • Theme: Transformation• Key Concepts: Choice of words, tone, and meaning• Materials: Sketchbook, dictionary and thesaurus, drawing

paper, pencil, eraser, and pen. Oil pastel or colored pencil in one color may be used to express emotion further

• Time Allotment: Three class periods