Supplies:
- Crayola Oil Pastels, 16 Count
- Crayola Construction Paper - 22.9 cm x 30.5 cm (9" x 12")
- Crayola Scissors
- Crayola Washable Glue Sticks
- Crayola Sketchbooks - 1 per student
Steps:
1
- Cut out pictures of mouths, noses and eyes from magazines.
- Glue the pictures into your sketchbook.
- Leave space beside each picture to make a drawing of it.
- Use oil pastels to practice drawing the features.
2
- Make a plan drawing in your sketchbook.
- Draw the outline of the bottom half of your face, the nose and mouth in the centre of the paper.
- Include images to highlight something that is important to you in the top part of the paper.
- Leave space at the bottom of the paper to draw your name.
3
- Use a pencil to draw the outlines of your composition on black construction paper.
4
- Colour the bottom half of the face.
- Choose a main colour that represents you in some way.
- Make one side of the face darker than the other.
- Blend black into the outer edges of the face and features to create shadows.
- Use analogous colours to mix with your main colour to create midtones.
- main colour blue, analogous colours blue-green, blue-violet - Use white to create highlights.
5
- Continue colouring the composition making sure you have shadows, midtones and highlights.
6
- Add details and colour to the composition.
- Draw your name at the bottom of the page.
- View your drawing with fresh eyes.
- What does it say about you?
- What do you see that makes you say that?
- What do you like best about your drawing? Why?
Subjects:
Grades:
Grade 4,
Grade 5,
Grade 6,
Grade 7,
Grade 8,
Grade 9
