Cubist self portrait

VALUE

Elements of art

The lightness and darkness of a color, VALUE is a achieved with

SHADING.Shading: ADD dark

Highlighting: Take away dark/ADD light

VALUE

Value scales can be used as shading practice and as a guide to determine if you achieved the

correct values in an artwork.

Value Scale

Good art has a variety of value, from the blackest black, to the whitest white.

The first is STIPPLING, shading with DOTS.

Four ways of shading

Shading with a

series of lines

going in one

direction

HATCHING

Shading with a

series of lines going

in TWO directions

CROSS HATCHING

BLENDING

Shading by smoothing out the

values so they “blend” into each other. We can use a blending-stamp.

CREATE A CUBIST SELFPORTRAIT in COLOUR OR BLACK AND WHITE

1. You will create a self-portrait using a photocopy of your face.

2. Copy the outlines and shapes of your face with a pencil.

3. Draw lines with a ruler on top of the drawing of your face.

4. Use colour pencils or graphite pencils to complete your “cubist self portrait”.

ACTIVITY: A CUBIST SELF PORTRAIT

EXAMPLES