Explore proportion by developing a composition featuring figures and faces.
How does Habiba use distortion, color, and shape (left)? How does Katie use cropping in this painting (center)? Camryn paints overlapping figures in motion to create a dynamic scene (right).
Farah Nosh
Compose the Figure
Use what you’ve learned about proportion to render a portrait
Compose the Figure
This step-by-step hands-on project video will help students use what they've learned about proportion to render a portrait.
Studio Project Prompt:
Parameters:
- Use the canon of proportion as a foundation. Carefully observe your subject to create an accurate likeness.
- Make intentional choices about using exaggeration, distortion, or simplification.
- Include more than one face or figure in your final composition.
- Work in any two-dimensional media.
Before you begin, check out the examples above by the students at South Kamloops Secondary School in British Columbia in Canada!
Prepared by: Lisa Yamaoka - South Kamloops Secondary School; Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada
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