In class, we are painting a monochromatic portrait of our face. You need to complete the following steps to help you find success:
Locate a human face that has a variety of tonal changes (you can use a 'selfie')
Copy image
Open Photoshop (in lab)
File-New-Blank File (ok to all the boxes that pop up)
Paste Image
Image-Mode-Grayscale ('flatten' and 'ok')
Filter-Adjustments-Posterize
Adjust the 'slide bar' to give you clear shapes and a minimum 5 tonal changes
Copy that image
Open a Word Document
Paste the image into the Word Document
Change the margins to 'narrow'
Orient the paper to portrait or landscape (chose the best one for your image)
Resize the image to fill up the whole page
Printed the image to room 155
Colour pencil (HB) on the back of the printed paper
Put your printed image onto of a thicker, blank paper
Trace out the shapes (right on the printed paper)
These shapes will transfer to the paper underneath
Number the shapes from darkest to lightest (on your printed paper)
Choose ONE colour as your paint source (monochromatic painting)
Using your paper guide (with numbers) start painting the light and dark areas of your face!
TIP: the light areas advance and dark areas recede, so light areas should be in the front and the darkest (almost black) should be in the background. See the attached rubric. Set a goal and paint!