Drawing & Painting Unit 3 Buford High School 2017 Pen Drawing & Painting Unit 3 Buford High School 2017

day one pre-assessment of skill pen demonstration/types of pens https://visual.ly/community/infographic/history/history-pen https://www.pinterest.com/pin/334814553520564199/

Portrait Vocabulary: Features – what makes the person unique; a distinctive attribute Expressions – the look on someone’s face that conveys a particular emotion Mood -- the feelings that a work of art generates Tone – the artist’s attitude toward the content & viewers

Ana Mendiete http://www.theartstory.org/artist-mendieta-ana.htm Glass portraits

Juan Francisco Casas Juan Francisco Casas Ruiz is a poet and one of the leading young artist from Spain. He was born in 1976 in La Carolina, Andalusia. He is known for his large-scale photorealistic drawings and paintings. He takes a photograph, and paints it in oil on canvas, or makes a drawing using only a blue ballpoint pen. His works portray „the selfie generation“ and resemble the photos which can be often seen on social media. His subjects are young friends and lovers, obsessed with partying, technology, selfies and likes. Averagely, he needs 14 ballpoint pens and around two weeks to complete one work. Education- The artist went to the University of Granada in Granada, Spain, where he obtained his Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1999, and Master of Fine Arts in 2003. He finished his PhD studies at the same university, and taught drawing and printmaking.

Ana Mendieta

Ana Mendieta “My art is grounded in the belief of one universal energy which runs through everything.” - Ana Mendieta

Juan Francisco Casas Ruiz

day two/three practice new learning: 3 exercises to improve pen control copy the triangle copy the hair -- do these in your sketchbook –

Cross hatching/hatching

after practicing new learning: Create a one-inch grid on your paper Do this in pencil using very light pressure Make sure to mark on the left and on the right before drawing each line to ensure that the lines are level

just to clarify, project requirements: Must do a portrait in ballpoint pen – you are free to choose your color – consider the tone/mood that you want to express. Must be cropped closely to create a strong composition Must use hatching/cross hatching to create value Must use the grid method to ensure a well drawn portrait Due Thursday September 28th

student example: