Distorted Stipple Portraits
Assignment
Your assignment is to create a portrait drawing of a person that is distorted and then shade the portrait using the stippling technique.
Objectives:
I can use alternative marks to create value
I can use distortion to create a composition
I can create texture using stippling
Examples:
O. Gattie, 2024
Art Inspiration
In Class Practice
Stippling Value Scale - 15 points
shading-value-scale-worksheet_401991.jpg.pdfCreate a 10 step value scale using sharpie and stippling
Shade the sphere using stippling
Portrait Feature Practice- 15
Objectives:
Students will practice drawing the proportions of an eye, lips, and hair texture.
Students will develop the forms of facial features with value- stippling
Students will create a range of values by stippling
Directions:
In your sketchbook, stipple an eye, lips/mouth, and hair texture
OR
You can draw an entire portrait in stippling if you do it fairly small and prefer to practice as a whole face rather than broken into parts
Stipple an Eye- 5 pts
Directions:
Take or find a reference photo of an eye (eyeball and socket)
Layout the outline of the eyeball lightly in pencil
begin going in with stippling and shading in darker areas
build in medium and lights
try to create a smooth transition of value
Stipple a Mouth - 5 pts
Directions:
Take or find a reference photo of a mouth
Layout the outline lightly in pencil
Begin going in with stippling and shading in darker areas
Build in medium and lights
Try to create a smooth transition of value
Stipple Hair Texture- 5 pts
StippledHairTexture.wmvPlanning & Design
Objectives:
Students will use a phot editing program to distort a photo
Students will create an image with a full range of value
Directions:
Create a reference photo using the distortion tool of your choice
Your original image needs to be transformed well beyond it's original
Apply a digital grid over the image and print it out
Upload a picture of your distorted reference photo to the assignment on Google Classroom.
Types of Distortion: Digital
Photomontage:
Repetition/Color effects
Combining multiple images:
Digitally Distorting your Image
Distorting by Cutting Shapes from Original- Pixlr.com.mp4Distorting by cutting up the original photo using the "cutout" tool.
Distorting by Creating Cut Outs- Pixlr.mp4Distorting by using the "Cutout" tool to cut shapes OUT OF the original, transform, and resize.
Distorting with Liquify Tool and Filters- Pixlr.com.mp4Using the "Liquify" tool and filters.
Types of Distortion: Manual
Stretching horizontally
Using the grid method, draw a larger grid measurement on the top.
Stretching vertically
Using the grid method, draw a larger grid along the side of your enlargement.
Two photos spliced together
Using two copies of your photo, slice them and combine them together.
Cut photograph
Cut up your photo into pieces, arrange the pieces how you want.
Enlargement
Directions:
1. Draw a 1" grid over your original photograph OR use the online grid drawing tool by ArtTutor to digitally place a grid over your photo.
2. Determine how many boxes you have going across the top and down the side of your grid.
3. Take those two numbers and multiply them by a series of different increments to determine a variety of measurements for the final board
4. Look at your different measurements now and choose how many times you want to enlarge your image.
3. Draw your enlarged grid onto the bristol board.
Video directions for creating a grid digitally:
Example:
Grid= 8x7 boxes
X 1.5" = 12 x 10.5 "
X 1.75 = 14 x 12.25"
X 2 = 16 x 14 "
X 2.25 = 18 x 15.75" <---- I like these dimensions!
X 2.5= 20x 17.5"
SO... your board would be 18 x 15.75 " and your grid would be measured every 2.25 inches!
Video directions for Drawing Grid Manually
Drawing a Grid Over Reference Photo Using a Ruler and Pencil.mp4