Painting a Portrait Lesson 9: Skin

Tone

Connector: Practise mixing skin tone!

Skin tone needs the right balance of mixed colours:

Lots of whiteSome yellowLittle redTiny amount of blue

Learning Outcomes• ALL will paint the body.

• MOST will paint the skin tone.

• SOME will paint the hair and start to paint the eyes.

BIG Picture• Discussion on what order to paint a

portrait and how to mix skin tone.

• Demonstration: How to mix skin tone, hair colour and small details.

• Individual painting time on Julian Opie portraits.

• Review of Julian Opie portrait paintings.

Setting up your equipment…

• What equipment

do you need?

• How do you

layout your

equipment?

•Artwork

•Palette

• Water pot

•PowderPaint

•Newspaper

•Paint brush

Now lay out your own work station…

What order to paint your portrait…

1) Background 2) Body & clothes 5) Eyes (dots)4) Hair (main colour)3) Face (skin)

6) Nose (curve or dots)

8) Eyebrows & eye highlight

9) Tones in hair (light & dark)

7) Mouth (1 or 2 broken lines)

10) Black outline to face & body

Mid Review: Have you met your target from last lesson?

•I need to use less water in my paint mixture.

•I need to use less powder paint in my paint mixture.

•I need to use less paint and water on my brush to paint carefully up to the edge of the line.

•I need to use the large brush for large areas and the tip of the small paint brush for the details.

•I need to paint smoothly by painting in one neat direction.

•I should try to experiment with my colour more by mixing my own colours.

•I need to mix my skin tone more accurately.

Cleaning Up...•2 students to wash up

•2 students to take items to the sink for washing up

•1 student to collect up powder paint trays

•TABLES MUST...

•FOLD the newspapers for reuse

•Clean their tables with a wet sponge/cloth

•WASH hands at the end of the lesson!!!

•2 students to collect paintings after the review.

Review: Write a target on the back of your work…

•I need to use less water in my paint mixture.

•I need to use less powder paint in my paint mixture.

•I need to use less paint and water on my brush to paint carefully up to the edge of the line.

•I need to use the large brush for large areas and the tip of the small paint brush for the details.

•I need to paint smoothly by painting in one neat direction.

•I should try to experiment with my colour more by mixing my own colours.

•I need to mix my skin tone more accurately.