Facial Proportion and the Self-Portrait

First Portion of Presentation Adapted From Presentations Created by Rock Ledge Elementary Fine Art Program, Seymour, WI

Original Source: http://www.seymour.k12.wi.us/rle/art/grade_level_units.html

The Self-Portrait:

• Here’s a drawing Leonardo da Vinci drew of himself as an old man.

• A picture that an artist

makes of him/herself is called a self-portrait.

What is Proportion?• Simply…

– Proportion means that you make the parts fit well with each other.

• More Specifically…– Proportion in art is the relationship between two or

more elements.

– When we talk about proportion in art we are comparing the size of one object in the artwork to the size of another related object in the artwork.

– Proportion is usually not even noticed until something is out of proportion. For example, if a person has a head larger than his entire body, then we would say that he is out of proportion.

Good Proportion

Out of Proportion

Other works with excellent Proportion:

Face Mapping

• Face Mapping is a technique used to set up the proportion of the features on a face.

•Draw an oval in the center of your paper

Drawing your Self-Portrait:

•Now using a ruler we’re going to draw some guidelines to help us map out our facial features.

•Line of Symmetry

Drawing your Self-Portrait:

•Your face is symmetrical.

•This means if you think of an invisible line drawn down the middle of your face the features on the right side are the same as on the left side.

•Remember to draw lightly.

•Eye Line

Drawing your Self-Portrait:

•Contrary to popular believe your eyes are not on the top portion of your face.

•Your eyes are located half way up or in the middle of your face .

•Eye Line

Drawing your Self-Portrait:

•Let’s see what this guy would look like if his eyes were located on the top portion of his face…

•Eye Line

Drawing your Self-Portrait:

Yikes!!!

•Eye Line

Drawing your Self-Portrait:

•Using your ruler draw your eye line half way up or in the middle of your face.

•Remember to draw lightly.

•Eyes

•What shape are eyes?

Drawing your Self-Portrait:

•Eyes

Drawing your Self-Portrait:

•Using the eye line as a guide draw the outside shape of your eye.

•Eyes

Drawing your Self-Portrait:

•Now carefully erase your eye line.

•Eyes• Get help from a friend!

• Draw your iris, pupil, eyelid, and any other lines or qualities that make your eye unique.

Drawing your Self-Portrait:

• Iris

• Colored Part

• Circle

• Usually hidden on the top or bottom by the eyelid

• Pupil

• Black

• Circle

• Center of Iris

•Eye Brows

Drawing your Self-Portrait:

•What is unique about your eyebrows?

•Nose

Drawing your Self-Portrait:

•A Couple of Nose No-No’s

•This nose is for pumpkins only!!!

•Nose

Drawing your Self-Portrait:

•A Couple of Nose No-No’s

•This type of nose is reserved for pigs!!!

•Nose

Drawing your Self-Portrait:

•A couple of Nose No-No’s

•When drawing your nose from a front view do not draw your nose in profile or from the side.

•Nose and Proportion

Drawing your Self-Portrait:

•The edges of your nose fall under the inside corners of your eyes.

                                                             

           

•Parts of your Nose

Drawing your Self-Portrait:

•How are the parts of your nose shaped?

•What makes your nose unique?

•The Bridge of your Nose

Drawing your Self-Portrait:

•Some artists choose not to draw lines for the bridge.

•Some draw implied lines for the bridge.

                                             

         

•Nose

Drawing your Self-Portrait:

•Remember make your nostrils oval or elliptical shape. NO PIG NOSTRILS!

• If you would like to draw the bridge go ahead.

•The Bridge of your Nose

•Mouth

Drawing your Self-Portrait:

•Mouth No-No’s

•Mouth

Drawing your Self-Portrait:

•Mouth No-No’s

•Too Simple!!!

•Mouth and Proportion

Drawing your Self-Portrait:

•The corners of your lips fall under the pupils of your eye.

                                                             

           

•Mouth

Drawing your Self-Portrait:

•Draw your top and bottom lips to create your mouth.

•Draw what you see in the mirror.

                                                                      

•Line of Symmetry

Drawing your Self-Portrait:

•Now very carefully erase your line of symmetry

•Neck and Shoulders

Drawing your Self-Portrait:

•Look at your neck, shoulders, and clothing.

•Draw what you see.

•Ears and Proportion

Drawing your Self-Portrait:

•The tops of your ears are at the same height as the corner of your eye.

•The bottoms of your ear are at the same height as the bottom of your nose.

•Ears

Drawing your Self-Portrait:

•Get help from a friend…

•If your hair is covering your ears and you can’t see them don’t draw them.

•Hair

Drawing your Self-Portrait:

• Is your hair short or long?

• Straight or Curly?

• Does it cover your ears?

• Does it touch the top of your ears?

• Does it peek out underneath your ears?

• What direction is the hair growing?

• Do you have bangs?

• Do your bangs touch your eyebrows?