Leonardo da Vinci, Facial Proportion, and the Self-Portrait

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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_u
nits.html
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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.

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I hope you guessed

• The Mona Lisa

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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.

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Leos 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.

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Another Drawing from Leos Notebook
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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
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Other works with excellent Proportion
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The Self-Portrait

• Heres a drawing Leonardo drew of himself as an
  old man.
• A picture that an artist makes of him/herself is
  called a self-portrait.

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Face Mapping

• Face Mapping is a technique used to set up the
  proportion of the features on a face.

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• 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 youll be the next
  Leonardo da Vinci!

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Lets Begin
Self-Portrait Instructions Created By
Mrs.OLoughlin
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Drawing your Self-Portrait

• Draw an oval in the center of your paper

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Drawing your Self-Portrait

• Now using a ruler were going to draw some
  guidelines to help us map out our facial features.

• Make sure to draw these lines lightly so they can
  be easily erased later on.

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Drawing your Self-Portrait

• Line of Symmetry

• 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.

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Drawing your Self-Portrait

• Eye Line

• 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.

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Drawing your Self-Portrait

• Eye Line

• 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 .

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Drawing your Self-Portrait

• Eye Line

• Lets see what this guy would look like if his
  eyes were located on the top portion of his face

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Drawing your Self-Portrait

• Eye Line

Yikes!!!
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Drawing your Self-Portrait

• Eye Line

• Using your ruler draw your eye line half way up
  or in the middle of your face.

• Remember to draw lightly.

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Drawing your Self-Portrait

• Eyes
• What shape are eyes?

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Drawing your Self-Portrait
Pupil Black part of your eye, located in the
center of your iris, allows light into your eye
so you can see

• Parts of the eye

Tear Duct Little pink bump where your tears
come out
Iris Colored part of your eye
Eyeball White part of your eye
Click here to learn more about the human eye
http//kidshealth.org/kid/htbw/eyes.html
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Drawing your Self-Portrait

• Proportion
• Did you know your face is about five eyes wide?
• Lets test that theory on this guy again

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Drawing your Self-Portrait

• Yep! Five eyes wide!

Eyed win in a starring contest!!!
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Drawing your Self-Portrait

• Eyes

• Look at your eyes in a mirror.
• Using the eye line as a guide draw the outside
  shape of your eye.

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Drawing your Self-Portrait

• Eyes

• Now carefully erase your eye line.

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Drawing your Self-Portrait

• Eyes
• Looking at your eyes in a mirror draw your iris,
  pupil, eyelid, and any other lines or qualities
  that make your eye unique.

• Iris
• Colored Part
• Circle
• Usually hidden on the top or bottom by the eyelid
• Pupil
• Black
• Circle
• Center of Iris

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Drawing your Self-Portrait

• Eyes and Eyebrows

• Show emotion or expression
• Can you tell what emotions this person might be
  feeling by just looking at her eyes and eyebrows?

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Drawing your Self-Portrait
Was your guess correct?

• Eyes and Eyebrows

Happy
Tired
Angry
Sad
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Drawing your Self-Portrait

• Eye Brows

• Look at your eyebrows in a mirror.
• What are unique about your eyebrows?
• Look at the direction the hairs are growing on
  each of your eyebrows. Sometimes they grow up and
  sometimes to the side.

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Drawing your Self-Portrait

• Draw your Eyebrows

• Look at your eyebrows in a mirror.
• What are unique about your eyebrows?

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Drawing your Self-Portrait

• Nose

• A Couple of Nose No-Nos

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Drawing your Self-Portrait

• Nose

• A Couple of Nose No-Nos
• This nose is for pumpkins only!!!

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Drawing your Self-Portrait

• Nose

• A Couple of Nose No-Nos
• This type of nose is reserved for pigs!!!

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Drawing your Self-Portrait

• Nose

• A couple of Nose No-Nos
• When drawing your nose from a front view do not
  draw your nose in profile or from the side.

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Drawing your Self-Portrait

• Nose and Proportion

• The edges of your nose fall under the inside
  corners of your eyes.

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Drawing your Self-Portrait

• Parts of your Nose

• Look at your nose in the mirror.
• How are the parts of your nose shaped?
• What makes your nose unique?

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Drawing your Self-Portrait

• The Bridge of your Nose

• Some artists choose not to draw lines for the
  bridge.
• Some draw implied lines for the bridge.

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Drawing your Self-Portrait

• Nose

• Draw what you see in the mirror.
• Remember make your nostrils oval or elliptical
  shape. NO PIG NOSTRILS!
• If you would like to draw the bridge go
  ahead.Otherwise, get ready for the next step.

• The Bridge of your Nose

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Drawing your Self-Portrait

• Mouth

• Very expressive facial feature
• Look again at this photo. The mouth changes shape
  with each emotion or expression.

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Drawing your Self-Portrait

• Mouth

• Mouth No-Nos

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Drawing your Self-Portrait

• Mouth

• Mouth No-Nos
• Too Simple!!!

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Drawing your Self-Portrait

• Mouth and Proportion

• The corners of your lips fall under the pupils of
  your eye.

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Drawing your Self-Portrait

• Mouth

• Draw your top and bottom lips to create your
  mouth.
• Draw what you see in the mirror.

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Drawing your Self-Portrait

• Line of Symmetry

• Now very carefully erase your line of symmetry

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Drawing your Self-Portrait

• Line of Symmetry

• Now very carefully erase your line of symmetry

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Drawing your Self-Portrait

• Neck and Shoulders

• Look at your neck, shoulders, and clothing in
  your mirror.
• Draw what you see.

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Drawing your Self-Portrait

• Ears and Proportion

• The tops of your ears are at the same height as
  the corner of your eye.
• The bottoms of your ear are at the same height as
  the bottom of your nose.

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Drawing your Self-Portrait

• Ears

• Look at ears in your mirror.
• Draw what you see. If your hair is covering your
  eyes and you cant see them dont draw them.

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Drawing your Self-Portrait

• Hair

• Look at hair in your mirror.
• Is your hair short or long?
• Straight or Curly?
• Does it cover your ears?
• Does it touch the top of your ears?
• Does it peek out underneath your ears?
• What direction is the hair growing?
• Do you have bangs?
• Do your bangs touch your eyebrows?

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Drawing your Self-Portrait

• A closer view at Hair

• Look at hair in your mirror and draw what you
  see.