1. Self Portrait- Who Are You?
Using proportion and value to express a realistic self portrait.

2. Leonardo da Vinci, 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:

3. Mona Lisa
This painting is probably the most famous portrait in the entire world!
It was painted by an artist named Leonardo da Vinci.
Leonardo was a master at making his paintings look like the person he was trying to paint.

4. Leonardo Da Vinci
Leonardo once wrote, “Know the proportions in human beings and other animals and learn the forms of all things on the earth. The more you know, the better you will paint.”

5. Leonardo’s Notebook
Leonardo was constantly taking notes about the world around him. He filled many notebooks with sketches of animals, people, and nature.
He took many measurements and was always trying to find a perfect balance so that his art had proportion.

6. Another Drawing from Leonardo’s Studies in his Notebook

7. What is Proportion? Simply… More Specifically…
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 works we are using comparing the size of one object in the artwork to the size of another related object in the artwork. You can also compare:
height, width and depth of the objects
size of one area to the size of another area
amount of space between two or more elements
Proportion is usually not even noticed until something is out of proportion. For example, if a person has a head larger than their entire body, then we would say that they were out of proportion.
Good Proportion
Out of Proportion

8. Other works with excellent Proportion:

9. The Self-Portrait:
Here’s a drawing Leonardo drew of himself as an old man.
A picture that an artist makes of him/herself is called a self-portrait.

10. Why the Self Portrait? Subject is always changing
The model is cheap and close at hand
The concept is extremely challenging
Top l-r: Van Gogh, Picasso, Kollewitz
bottom: Rembrandt

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

12. By drawing lines that act as guides, you can figure out where parts go and how large they should be.
This will help make your face look more realistic.
With some practice, maybe you’ll be the next Leonardo da Vinci!

13. Let’s Begin…
Self-Portrait Instructions
Created By Mrs.O’Loughlin

14. Drawing your Self-Portrait:
Draw an oval in the center of your paper
How big should it be?
Your face is about the same size as your hand.
This doesn’t include your hair, just the face.
It is widest at your eyes, also about the same as your hand size

15. Drawing your Self-Portrait:
Now we’re going to draw some guidelines to help us map out our facial features.
Make sure to draw these lines lightly so they can be easily erased later on.

16. Drawing your Self-Portrait:
Line of Symmetry
Your face is symmetrical.
Everyone is not precise, but:
if you think of an invisible line drawn down the middle of your face the features on the right side are almost the same as on the left side.
Remember to draw lightly.

17. Eye Line
How many times has this happened to you when you have drawn a self-portrait?
An eye line is a guide that helps us to draw the eyes at the same height, size and proportion.

18. Drawing your Self-Portrait:
Eye Line
Contrary to popular belief 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 .
Your face can be divided horizontally into thirds.

19. Drawing your Self-Portrait:
Your face can be divided horizontally into thirds.
Eye Brow Line is at the end of that first third.

20. Drawing your Self-Portrait:
Eye Line
Let’s see what this guy would look like if his eyes were located on the top portion of his face…

21. Drawing your Self-Portrait:
Eye Line
Yikes!!!

22. Drawing your Self-Portrait:
Eye Line
Draw your eye line half way up or in the middle of your face.
Also divide your face into thirds and draw the first third line curving it slightly.
This will be the eyebrow line.
Remember to draw lightly.

23. Drawing your Self-Portrait:
                                                                                           
                                                                                           
                                                                                           
The Camera
The Human Eye
Drawing your Self-Portrait:
Eyes
What shape are eyes?

24. Drawing your Self-Portrait:
                                                                                           
                                                                                           
                                                                                           
The Camera
The Human Eye
Drawing your Self-Portrait:
Pupil = Black part of your eye, located in the center of your iris, allows light into your eye so you can see
Parts of the eye
Tear Duct = Little pink bump where your tears come out
Eyeball = White part of your eye
Iris = Colored part of your eye
Click here to learn more about the human eye:

25. Drawing your Self-Portrait:
Proportion
Did you know your face is about five eyes wide?
Let’s test that theory on this guy again…

26. Eye’d win in a starring contest!!!
Drawing your Self-Portrait:
Yep! Five eyes wide!
Eye’d win in a starring contest!!!

27. Drawing your Self-Portrait:
Eyes
Look at your eyes in a mirror.
Using the eye line as a guide draw the outside shape of your eye.
Remember your eye is a ball. We only see the front of the ball

28. Drawing your Self-Portrait:
Eyes
Now carefully erase your eye line.

29. Drawing your Self-Portrait:
Eyes
Looking at your eyes in a mirror draw your iris, pupil, eyelid, and any other lines or qualities that make your eye unique.
Iris
Colored Part
Circle
Usually hidden on the top or bottom by the eyelid
Pupil
Black
Center of Iris

30. Eyes Express Emotions Show emotion or expression
Can you tell what emotions this person might be feeling by just looking at her eyes and eyebrows?
The concept of this assignment is to express who you are.
If you don’t get the eyes right it won’t happen.

31. Noses
The edges of your nose fall under the inside corners of your eyes.
Your nose is located in the middle third of your face. Depending on your nose size it may extend to the end of that third or end just before it.
It sticks out furthest on your face, therefore it is the lightest when shading.
The skeletal structure defines the shading.

32. Parts of the Nose Look at your nose in the mirror.
How are the parts of your nose shaped?
What makes your nose unique?
Skeletal structure defines the nose.

33. Drawing your nose Draw what you see in the mirror.
Remember make your nostrils oval or elliptical shape. NO PIG NOSTRILS!
Also remember the bridge of your nose isn’t connected to your eyebrows with a line.
It’s all about shading!

34. The Mouth Very expressive facial feature
Look again at this photo. The mouth changes shape with each emotion or expression.
The whole face shifts as the emotions change.

35. Drawing your Self-Portrait:
Mouth and Proportion
The corners of your lips fall under the pupils of your eye.
The mouth is soft and made up of a series of connected ovals and rounds
Your mouth is around the same size as your eye.

36. The Mouth Draw your top and bottom lips to create your mouth.
Draw what you see in the mirror.
The top lip is always slightly darker than the bottom because of the shadow of the nose.
It is a series of curving parts connected through shading.
                                                                      

37. What about the rest? Neck, ears, hair, shoulders?
Neck starts behind your ears
Shoulders support the head so they must be wide enough
The ears are in the middle third of your face (eyes and nose too!)
Hair sits on top of your head and must convey the texture and style of yours
It’s not just flat!