Studio drawing/painting

Students have learned the concept of contour line drawing and have developed a high sensitivity to subtle changes within a form by drawing slowly, with one continous line.

Students have drawn a shoe in large scale and have drawn a self-portrait. Students then repeated the self-portrait within the shoe.

• Overlapping



• Repetition



• Value



• Contour lines

Students then learned about abstract expressionism and expressionism. Students then started painting their self-portraits in an expressive manner by representing their lights and darks on their face in a unique way.

• Monochromatic color scheme
• Mark-making
• High, mid, dark tones