Leonardo da Vinci, Facial Proportion, and the Self- Portrait First Portion of Presentation Adapted From Presentations Created by Rock Ledge Elementary Fine Art Program, Seymour, WI Original Source: http://www.seymour.k12.wi.us/rle/art/grade_level_units.html
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Leonardo da Vinci, Facial Proportion,
and the Self-Portrait
First Portion of Presentation Adapted From Presentations Created by Rock Ledge Elementary Fine Art Program, Seymour, WI
Original Source: http://www.seymour.k12.wi.us/rle/art/grade_level_units.html
What is the title of this painting?
• This painting is probably the most famous portrait in the entire world!
• It was painted by an artist named Leonardo da Vinci.
• Leonardo was a master at making his paintings look like the person he was trying to paint.
I hope you guessed…
The Mona Lisa
Leonardo Da Vinci
• Leonardo once wrote, “Know the proportions in human beings and other animals and learn the forms of all things on the earth. The more you know, the better you will paint.”
Leo’s Notebook
• Leonardo was constantly taking notes about the world around him. He filled many notebooks with sketches of animals, people, and nature.
• He took many measurements and was always trying to find a perfect balance so that his art had proportion.
Another Drawing from Leo’s Notebook:
What is Proportion?• Simply…
– Proportion means that you make the parts fit well with each other.
• More Specifically…– Proportion in art is the relationship between two or
more elements. – When we talk about proportion in art works we are
using comparing the size of one object in the artwork to the size of another related object in the artwork. You can also compare:
• height, width and depth of the objects• size of one area to the size of another area • amount of space between two or more elements
– Proportion is usually not even noticed until something is out of proportion. For example, if a person has a head larger than their entire body, then we would say that they were out of proportion.
Good Proportion
Out of Proportion
Other works with excellent Proportion:
The Self-Portrait:
• Here’s a drawing Leonardo drew of himself as an old man.
• A picture that an artist
makes of him/herself is called a self-portrait.
Face Mapping
• Face Mapping is a technique used to set up the proportion of the features on a face.
• By drawing lines that act as guides, you can figure out where parts go and how large they should be.
• This will help make your face look more realistic.
• With some practice, maybe you’ll be the next Leonardo da Vinci!
Let’s Begin…
Self-Portrait Instructions
Created By Mrs.O’Loughlin
•Draw an oval in the center of your paper
Drawing your Self-Portrait:
•Now using a ruler we’re going to draw some guidelines to help us map out our facial features.
Drawing your Self-Portrait:
•Make sure to draw these lines lightly so they can be easily erased later on.
•Line of Symmetry
Drawing your Self-Portrait:
•Your face is symmetrical.
• This means if you think of an invisible line drawn down the middle of your face the features on the right side are the same as on the left side.
•Remember to draw lightly.
Drawing your Self-Portrait:
•How many times has this happened to you when you have drawn a self-portrait?
•An eye line is a guide that helps us to draw the eyes at the same height, size and proportion.
•Eye Line
•Eye Line
Drawing your Self-Portrait:
•Contrary to popular believe your eyes are not on the top portion of your face.
•Your eyes are located half way up or in the middle of your face .
•Eye Line
Drawing your Self-Portrait:
•Let’s see what this guy would look like if his eyes were located on the top portion of his face…
•Eye Line
Drawing your Self-Portrait:
Yikes!!!
•Eye Line
Drawing your Self-Portrait:
•Using your ruler draw your eye line half way up or in the middle of your face.