Unit 6: Portraiture Art 20 Ms. Griffin 2014/2015

Curricular Objectives Art 20:  C2 Artworks can be formal, analytical descriptions of objects  D1 I am learning to talk about composition  H1 I increase my art vocabulary by discussing media and techniques

Unit Timeline  Lesson 1: Contour Drawing (2 periods)  Lesson 2: Drawing a Face without a reference (2 period)  Lesson 3: Ana Medietta (1 Period)  Lesson 4: Squished Face Self Portrait(10 periods)

Lesson One: Contour Portraits

Vocabulary Contour : is the edge of something. Contour drawings use line to show the edge of an object. Contour drawings never use shading.

Vocabulary Continued.  Blind Contour: (pure contour) is created when you do not look at your paper while you are drawing.  Pure contour drawings are often out of proportion and strange looking, so don’t worry, they are supposed to look odd!

Vocabulary Continued Semi Blind Contour: (a modified contour) is created when your look at your object and your paper for equal amounts of time. This enables you to check the placement of your pencil or pen, and to check proportion.

Vocabulary Continued Continuous Line Drawing: Your pencil or pen never lifts off the page and you must examine the object which you are drawing very carefully; travelling across the edges of your object with your eyes.

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Examples

Activity  As a class we are going to practice drawing different types of contour drawings.  Materials: Scrap paper, drawing materials

Lesson 2: How to Draw a Face

Draw without a reference

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Lesson 3 Ana Mendieta Art 20

Ana Mendieta  Ana Mendieta (18 November 1948 – 8 September 1985) was a Cuban American performance artist, sculptor, painter and video artist who is best known for her "earth-body" art work.

Early Life and Exile  Mendieta was born in Havana, Cuba. At age 12, in order to escape Fidel Castro's regime, Ana and her sister were sent to the United States by their parents. Mendieta and her sister spent their first weeks in refugee camps before moving to several institutions and foster homes in Iowa. In 1966, Mendieta was reunited with her mother and younger brother; her father joined them in 1979, having spent 18 years in a Cuban political prison.

Life and Work  Mendieta's work was generally autobiographical and focused on themes including feminism, violence, life, death, place and belonging. Mendieta often focused on a spiritual and physical connection with the Earth, most particularly in her "Silueta Series" (1973–1980). The series involved Mendieta creating female silhouettes in nature - in mud, sand and grass - with natural materials ranging from leaves and twigs to blood, and making body prints or painting her outline or silhouette onto a wall.

Death  Ana Mendieta died on September 8, 1985 in New York from a fall from her 34th floor apartment in Greenwich Village's 300 Mercer Street, where she lived with her husband of eight months, minimalist sculptor Carl Andre. She fell 33 stories onto the roof of a deli, Just prior to her death, neighbors heard the couple arguing violently. There were no eyewitnesses. Andre was tried and acquitted of her murder. During the three-year trial, Andre's lawyer described Mendieta's death as a possible accident or suicide.

Assignment: Squished Face Self Portrait Drawing

I can Statements I can take a reference photo that can be used and manipulated to create a piece of artwork I can show gradation in a drawing.

Instructions 1. Work with a partner to set up the lamp in the dark room and experiment taking portrait photos using the school camera. 2. After you have chosen the photo and cropped it to how you like, print it out in black and white 3. Draw only using white onto black paper. Focus on the highlights.

Materials  Lamp  Camera  Black paper  White conte/ white charcoal  Eraser  Reference photo

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