Human Face Proportion Practice

Description:
     Learning to draw the human face using approximate proportions.

Objective(s):

• Thinking about the proportions of the human face.
• Where are all the features located?
• What are their relative sizes to each other?

Instructions:

1. Read the Final Project Assignment: Pencil Self Portrait
2. Look at this diagram: Human Face Proportions
3. Watch this video: Drawing a Human Face
4. Consider these questions.
   • What are the average proportions of a human face?
   • What are the locations of features on a human face?
5. Using a half sheet of paper and a pencil, follow these steps to construct a human face:
   • Divide the paper in half. Draw a circle almost full width of page and almost at the top.
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   • Divide the circle in half from top to bottom. And then into quarters.
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   • Draw a smaller circle (3/4 the size of the first circle) in the bottom half that overlaps the top circle by a quarter.
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   • Label the location of all the features - Top of Head, Hair Line, Eyes, and Nose. Divide the smaller circle in HALF top to bottom and mark for the Lips.
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   • Connect the two circles. It should look like an upside down egg shape.
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   • Mark where the eyes go - center of eye centered on each half. Mark the eye width - an eye width fits between the eyes. Draw the eyes. And the eyebrows.
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   • Draw marks for the nose down from the middle edge of each eye. Draw the bottom of the nose.
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   • Draw marks for the lips down from the middle of each eye. Draw the lips.
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   • Draw in the hair line. Draw the ears. From the eye line to the lip line.
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   • Add details (eyes, ears, hair, etc.) and a bit of shading.
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6. Mr. martinez Demonstration Video
7. Photograph your final sketch.
8. In the quiz:
   • Answer the questions.
   • EMBED the photo of your sketch. 
     • How to Embed an Image in a Quiz

Grading: 15 pts

• 4 pts = Questions answered (2 pts each)
• 11 pts = Sketch complete