planning for a self-portrait mrs. fish art 3. timeline ready introduction to self-portraits (today)...
TRANSCRIPT
Planning for a Self-Portrait
Mrs. Fish
Art 3
Timeline Ready
Introduction to self-portraits (Today) Set
How to take a good picture (Today) Go!
Picture (that you staged/took) DUE: MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21st
Colored Pencil Techniques/Self Portrait
In the mean time… Gesture Drawing Contour Lines Shadow/Shade
Self PortraitsIn Colored Pencil
http://www.shawnfalchetti.com/category/gallery/colored-pencil/
"MacGyver", colored pencil (Richard Dean
Anderson fan art) http://www.portrait-artist.org/portfolio/oil-colored-pencil.html
Scott Tillet: People Portraits
Jim Kilmartin: Portraits
How to Take a Great Photo!
ROGER DARLINGTON
http://www.rogerdarlington.co.uk/photograph.html
Good Composition Take your time Look at the scene from several angles Be patient!
Be an artist not a surgeon! Include body parts
Arms, legs, top of head Unless you’re carefully excluding
Exclude extra background Trees, signs, furniture shouldn’t grow out of
someone’s head Unless carefully including the elements
http://flickr.com/photos/zarajay/sets/72157602589514822/
Focus, focus, focus! Clear, not fuzzy
Cameras with auto settings will often focus in other places
Check focus before clicking the shutter release button
Up or down is better than knees up Full body Head and shoulders
Use the rule of thirds! Draw an imaginary tic-tac-toe board Action should take place at the crosses and
on the lines Natural lines should follow divided lines Subject should be looking into our space
not out of the shot (unless you carefully plan)
Consider your vantage point. Unique perspective makes a more
interesting photo Try…
Looking up Looking down Straight-on, frame well
Head and shoulder shot—get close Full body shot—include just enough background
Extra tips… Lines should be straight
Unless you’re trying to be exotic Horizon line should be horizontal Verticals should be vertical (unless looking up,
which changes perspective Consider taking 2-3 shots quickly
People often look “staged” in the first More natural/relaxed in later ones (element of
surprise)
Things to think about...
http://flickr.com/photos/zarajay/sets/72157602589514822/
http://flickr.com/photos/zarajay/2598982928/in/set-72157602589514822/
http://flickr.com/photos/zarajay/2357382909/in/set-72157602589514822/
http://flickr.com/photos/zarajay/2377227666/in/set-72157603848381241/
Student WorkMrs. Fish’s
Previous Art 3
Emily Smith, 2008
Leah Sims, 2008
Morgan Dewey, 2008
Jeremy Donald, 2008
Brittany Taylor, 2008
Brittany Sprague, 2008
Sara Goodman, 2008
Serina Felicetti, 2008
Rene Grimes, 2008