1. Pop Art Monochromatic Value Portrait

6. WHAT DO THESE 4 PORTRAITS HAVE IN COMMON?

7. What you will learn: What Pop Art is and the artists that were involved in the Pop Art movement. How to design a pop art portrait painting utilizing 5 value changes. How to identify values moving from light to dark on a gray scale. How to identify value changes on a monochromatic value scale. How to reduce the number of values in a photo using Photoshop. How to find 5 light to dark values in your original photo. How to create a gray value scale and a monochromatic value scale model. How to draw and enlarge your image to a larger piece of paper using the grid method. How to paint your portrait utilizing a monochromatic color scheme. How to mount your final project to prepare it for hanging.

8. Preparing your Reference Photo Take a headshot photo of yourself making a very expressive facial expression. (Please ignore the lack of makeup/caffeine)

9. Save As You need to rename your photo so that the original remains intact. FILE>SAVE AS>Class Folder Name this new photo like this: Last Name Class # Mono Portrait Example: KEITH 17 Mono Portrait

10. Edit Edit your photo in Photoshop. Crop Resize Black/White

11. Crop Use the crop tool to cut your photo down to 8”x10”

12. Black/White Go to the IMAGE menu at the top and select ADJUSTMENTS and then DESATURATE IMAGE> ADJUSTMENTS> DESATURATE

13. Adjust Brightness/Contrast Go to the IMAGE menu at the top and select ADJUSTMENTS and then BRIGHTNESS/ CONTRAST IMAGE> ADJUSTMENTS> BRIGHTNESS/ CONTRAST

14. Adjust Brightness/Contrast Adjust the sliders for both brightness and contrast until the image is the way you want it. (I chose 25 for my brightness level and 63 for my contrast level)

15. Apply Cutout Filter Go to the FILTER menu at the top and select ARTISTIC and then CUTOUT FILTER> ARTISTIC> CUTOUT

16. Apply Cutout Filter Adjust the sliders until your picture looks the way you want it to. (What worked for me: Number of Levels: 5 Edge Simplicity: 3 Edge Fidelity: 1

17. Apply Cutout Filter

18. Save/Print Now be sure to SAVE your work in our class folder. Print your work and start drawing a ½” grid over the photo with a ruler

19. Possibilities??