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Expressive self portraits
The document provides guidelines for a mixed media self-portrait art project. Students are instructed to create a self-portrait using multiple views and perspectives of themselves incorporating a limited color palette based on personal emotions. The self-portrait can include techniques like proportional changes, overlapping images, drawing on tracing paper, and use of media like acrylic paint, ink, gesso, charcoal and more.
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Expressive self portraits
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- 10. Use your experiencesto give you something to work with.
- 11. Do have somethingin common with someone famous?
- 12. Words can beimportant.
- 13. Mixed Media Self-Portrait Guidelines • Createan environment – based on your personal word poem • Limited color palette that is based on your emotions tied to your word poem
- 14. Mixed Media Self-PortraitGuidelines • Multiple Views of yourself and be able to explain why you used this type of drawing: • Portrait with limited values • Profiles • Straight forward portrait views • Portraits where your eyes don’t engage the viewer • “x-ray” drawings in black or white • Instead of black as a silhouette color, use white • Draw in chalk pastel • Overlap images of yourself • Proportional changes • Draw on tracing paper and glue it into the piece • Collage or mixed media • Unexpected perspective
- 15. What media can youuse? • Newspaper • Magazines • Acrylic Paint • India Ink • Gesso • Charcoal • Pencil • Sharpie • Tracing Paper