Week 2 Day 2 - Wednesday, Sept 4 - Homework

1. Create at least five different portrait sketches (about 8.5" x 11" in size), using your portrait photographs as a reference. You may either free form sketch on to a sketching pad, or use tracing paper over your photographs. 

Be sure to address the following questions are you create your various sketches. It is recommended you explore various factors in your different sketches. 

• Take into consideration the level of detail you would like to include in your portrait? 
• Are there facial characteristics that are important in your self portrait? 
• Is if important for the viewer to understand the negative space in your portrait important (the environment or your surroundings help describe your personality)? 
• Is there a favored orientation of the document (landscape or portrait)?
• Placement, size of your face? Direction of gaze? Cropped face?

Five portrait sketches due for review at start of next class.