Art I Self-Portraits

Art I students began creating self-portraits with graphite value gradation today. First, they traced the outline of their face from a pre-printed photograph like this:

After this step they will begin adding value to their tracings like this:

As they progress more, I will add more pics of their progress. 

Styrofoam Still-Life Value Study

Art I students started exploring value gradation through graphite shading this week. To do this, each student helped to set up a still-life with styrofoam cups because they are monochromatic and single textured. This is easier for learning. Most of the still-lives look like this. 

After set up we turned the lights off and opened windows to create darker shadows for contrast. Here is some of the students' progress. 

Extraordinary Art This Week

Here are this week's extraordinary artworks! Congratulations, students!

Completed Coke Can Contour Drawings