Unit 2 for 1º ESO Art Bilingual Section

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IES Calderón – Gijón
Dpto.de dibujo
ART 1º ESO Bilingual Section
Activity #2: THE HUMAN FACE
CONTENTS:
 Symmetry in the human face.
 Proportions in the human face.
 Inverted drawing (Betty Edwards).
 Expressive deformations (anamorphosis).
 Techniques of Transferring drawings : Grids.
 Saturated colours: primaries & secundaries.
 The expressiveness of color.
 Artistic media (tempera paint).
SOME VOCABULARY:
Chin Proportion. Grid. Inverted, Upside-
down
To transfer.
Asymmetric Technique Method Media Expressiveness
Symmetry Symmetric Face Forehead Eyebrow
ACTIVITY 2.A:
(To do before explaining the unit).
In a standard A4 sheet:

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Draw a human face copying the portrait of Clarín (image A) trying to get big similarity to the
original.
ACTIVITY 2.B:
(To do before explaining the unit).
In another A4:
This time copy the face placing the original upsidedown.
ACTIVITY 2.C:
In another A4:
Draw image B after teacher explains the basic proportions in human face.
You have to use a grid.
ACTIVITY 2.D:
Draw image B using a deformated grid, to get an anamorphosized (stretched) image.
Image A Image B
ACTIVITY 2 E. (MAIN ACTIVITY)
In an A3 standard sheet draw a portrait or auto-portrait.
Then, colour it using only saturated colours.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: “The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain
” BETTY EDWARDS (PAG. 68).
Recommended links: http://www.simpsonizeme.com/
http://flashface.ctapt.de/
http://www.elle.com/Beauty/Virtual-Makeover-Tool