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Planning for a Portrait
Timeline Ready
Introduction to portraits (Today) Set
How to take a good picture (Today) Go!
Picture (that you staged/took) DUE: (3) FEBRUARY 18 (1) Mounted FEBRUARY 21
Drawing & Colored Pencil Techniques/Portrait
In the mean time… Contour Lines – related to portrait drawing Shadow/Shade - related to portrait drawing Color Pencil techniques
PortraitsIn Colored Pencil or Graphite
(student choice)
http://www.shawnfalchetti.com/category/gallery/colored-pencil/
How to Take a Great Photo!
ROGER DARLINGTON
http://www.rogerdarlington.co.uk/photograph.html
Good Composition Take your time Look at the scene from several angles Be patient!
Be an artist not a surgeon! Include body parts
Arms, legs, top of head Unless you’re carefully excluding
Exclude extra background Trees, signs, furniture shouldn’t grow out of
someone’s head Unless carefully including the elements
http://flickr.com/photos/zarajay/sets/72157602589514822/
Focus, focus, focus! Clear, not fuzzy
Cameras with auto settings will often focus in other places
Check focus before clicking the shutter release button
Up or down is better than knees up Full body Head and shoulders
Use the rule of thirds! Draw an imaginary tic-tac-toe board Action should take place at the crosses and
on the lines Natural lines should follow divided lines Subject should be looking into our space
not out of the shot (unless you carefully plan)
Consider your vantage point. Unique perspective makes a more
interesting photo Try…
Looking up Looking down Straight-on, frame well
Head and shoulder shot—get close Full body shot—include just enough background
Extra tips… Lines should be straight
Unless you’re trying to be exotic Horizon line should be horizontal Verticals should be vertical (unless looking up,
which changes perspective Consider taking 2-3 shots quickly
People often look “staged” in the first More natural/relaxed in later ones (element of
surprise)
Things to think about...
http://flickr.com/photos/zarajay/sets/72157602589514822/
http://flickr.com/photos/zarajay/2598982928/in/set-72157602589514822/
http://flickr.com/photos/zarajay/2357382909/in/set-72157602589514822/
http://flickr.com/photos/zarajay/2377227666/in/set-72157603848381241/
Student WorkMrs. Fish’s
Previous Portraits Art 3
Emily Smith, 2008
Leah Sims, 2008
Morgan Dewey, 2008
Jeremy Donald, 2008
Brittany Taylor, 2008
Brittany Sprague, 2008
Sara Goodman, 2008
Serina Felicetti, 2008
Rene Grimes, 2008
Arielle Crockett, 2010
Princess Underwood, 2010
Kaylee King, 2010
Valerie McCandlish, 2010
