Reductive Cartoon Portraits

Lesson Plan

Description

Students will investigate formal and conceptual uses of facial expressions to communicate emotion in portraiture. Using graphite and an eraser, students will create a series of reductive cartoon portraits, displaying a variety of facial expressions to convey mood and emotion.

Level

Intermediate

Areas of Study

Emotion Portrait Drawing Graphite Value Social and Emotional

Collections

Portraits and Pencils

Lesson Objectives

Students will investigate formal and conceptual uses of facial expressions to communicate emotion in portraiture.

Students will explore reductive drawing, using graphite and an eraser.

Students will create a reductive cartoon portraits, showing a variety of facial expressions to convey mood and emotion.

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Teaching Strategies

Introduce formal and conceptual uses of facial expressions to communicate emotion in portraiture.
Demonstrate how to create a reductive drawing using graphite and an eraser.
Share strategies for creating a series of reductive cartoon portraits.
Facilitate a formative critique, helping students analyze one another’s artworks, identifying the mood and emotions being depicted.

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National Standards

Create

Apply relevant criteria to examine, reflect on, and plan revisions for a work of art or design in progress.

VA:Cr3.1.8a

Demonstrate persistence in developing skills with various materials, methods, and approaches in creating works of art or design.

VA:Cr2.1.7a

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Time Requirements

Teacher Prep Time

10 minutes

Demonstration Time

15 minutes

Student Studio Time

1 hour

Supplies and Materials

White paper (9 X 12 or similar)
Sketchbook or scrap paper
Graphite pencil
Erasers (of various sizes and shapes)

National Standards

Create

Apply relevant criteria to examine, reflect on, and plan revisions for a work of art or design in progress.

VA:Cr3.1.8a

Demonstrate persistence in developing skills with various materials, methods, and approaches in creating works of art or design.

VA:Cr2.1.7a

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Steps

Research Facial Expressions

Review and discuss how artists use facial expressions to convey mood and emotion. Compare how line, shape, and color in a portrait (the formal qualities) are used together to show mood or emotion (the conceptual qualities).

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