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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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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.
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
Gustav Corbet, The Desperate Man, 1844 - 1845, oil on canvas
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.
Handwriting• Sources:–www.dafont.com – http://
www.fontspace.com/category/handwriting
– http://www.pinterest.com/michelecookpplc/handwriting-lettering/
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/
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.
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.
Student Exemplars
All images from: http://schooart.weebly.com/text-portraits.html
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
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
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
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