8th Grade Portraits
Here is a link to a more detailed version of the lesson but here is a brief rundown of how I teach portraiture to my 8th graders. We watch proportion videos taught by 9 year old Olivia (link to her YouTube videos on previous post) and map out our drawings lightly. Now I'll jump in with the photo step by step version of my teaching of portraits:
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| Discuss shadows and blending to give the illusion of a three dimensional face |
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| Map out hair line (we discussed how hair grows off of the skull and how our hairline should start just in front of our ears) and add a few strands of hair (draw lines as hair would grow) |
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| Add some more strands to fill in basic hair growth |
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| Blend hair strands lightly to fill in the empty spaces |
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| Add a few dark details/shadows into the hair. Especially focus at the part in the hair and the direction of growth and how the hair would lay |
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| Blend the dark shadows in a bit and add a few more light strands on top |
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| Add some highlights with the corner of a clean eraser |
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| Blend the hair so that the eraser marks are less stark. Add any necessary strands you want. If you haven't already, add some fly-aways and imperfections for believability A Few Student Examples: |
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