3. PORTRAITS

4. What´s a portrait?

5. A portrait is a painting, photograph, sculture, or other artistic representation of a person, in which the face and its expression is predominant.

6. Bust of a man, 1st century b.c.

7. sculture

8. sculture

9. sculture painting

10. sculture painting

11. sculture painting photograph

12. sculture painting photograph

13. sculture painting photograph drawing

14. Parts of a portrait

15. Ingres’ Portrait

16. part

17. part forehead

18. eyes part forehead

19. eyes part forehead nose

20. eyes mouth part forehead nose

21. eyes mouth lips part forehead nose

22. eyes mouth lips chin part forehead nose

23. eyes mouth lips chin part forehead nose mole

24. eyes mouth lips chin neck part forehead nose mole

25. eyes mouth lips chin neck part forehead nose nosetrils mole

26. eyes mouth lips chin cheek neck part forehead nose nosetrils mole

27. eyes mouth lips chin cheek neck eyelashes part forehead nose nosetrils mole

28. eyes mouth lips chin cheek neck eyelashes eyebrow part forehead nose nosetrils mole

29. eyes mouth lips chin cheek neck eyelashes eyebrow hair part forehead nose nosetrils mole

30. eyes mouth lips chin cheek neck eyelashes eyebrow hair part forehead nose nosetrils mole ears

31. Proportions of a head

32. nose mouth hair eyes chin forehead 1/4 1/4 1/4 1/4 1/2 1/2 You can use these to check the general size, shape and position of features in your drawings.

33. How to draw a portrait?

34. The proportions of the head can be divided horizontally into four equal quarters. 1/4 1/4 1/4 1/4 Axis of symmetry

35. These proportions will only work if we share the same eye level as the subject. They will become distorted if we view the head from above or below.

36. The first quarter measures from the top of the head down to the hairline.

37. The second quarter measures from the hairline down to the eyes in the middle of the head.

38. The third quarter contains most of the features. At the top of this section the eyes are usually level with the ears, and at the bottom the nose is roughly level with the ear lobes.

39. The final quarter stretches from the base of the nose to the chin with the mouth positioned just above the halfway mark.

40. examples

46. ACTIVITY

47. Draw the portrait of a classmate.

48. Materialsneeded

49. o A pencil o Coloured pencils o A work-sheet o A ruler

50. EXAMPLES