Thursday, July 8, 2010

Large Scale Portrait

Examples below demonstrate the scale we are attempting in this project as well as a concrete sense of form. This is the basis for your exploration into lighting the subject. A form and mass of the head must be indicated as you then begin to investigate light.


Olmec Heads from Mexican History



Kollwitz


Seurat


Lucien Freud


Andrew Wyeth


Chuck Close



Below we have an image turn upside down and slightly blurred. In this exercise, attempt to draw the image as is, focusing on abstract shapes of light and dark to create form. The likeness will follow.







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