Re: abstract portrait ideas????

From: Maggie White (mwhiteaz_at_TeacherArtExchange)
Date: Tue Dec 04 2001 - 07:22:41 PST

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Ken Schwab wrote:

> 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.

I copped Ken's idea last year for my drawing class and it was really
effective. We used pastels to color; lots of interesting linear, tonal,
and smudgy effects.

Maggie

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