Re: abstract portrait ideas????

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Date: Mon Dec 03 2001 - 17:46:32 PST

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In a message dated 12/03/2001 1:29:40 PM Pacific Standard Time,
Mbhirst@aol.com writes:

> My student teacher and I are finishing up a realistic self-portrait
> assignment in Drawing I...with some success. Now we want to do another self
> portrait but with more self expression and color---abstract maybe? Any
> ideas? This is a high school beginning level Drawing class; mostly
> sophomores.Any ideas are appreciated.
>

How about taking a copy of their realistic drawings and cutting them with
scissors into straight line grids of varying sizes. Shift the grids slightly
and put it together showing the abstract (Cubist like) arrangement. Next
using paint and a color scheme of neutrals or reduced intensity colors, make
gradations like the cubist paintings of Braque and Picasso using small brush
strokes.

Ken Schwab
San Jose CA

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