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...

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http://flickr.com/photos/zarajay/2598982928/in/set-72157602589514822/

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Student WorkMrs. Fish’s

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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