- Find a good quality image of a person from the magazines in the middle of the room
- In your sketchbook, created 3 thumbnail sketches of the composition and type of hair style. You can create EITHER a geometric hair style OR an organic hair style. Discussion on Compositional Techniques. Sketches must be approved by Mrs. Cox before moving on.
- Precisely cut out the person using scissors with EXCELLENT CRAFTSMANSHIP, EXCLUDING the person’s hair.
- Glue the portrait to the paper using EXCELLENT craftsmanship.
- Draw the outline of the hair using pencil.
- Break up the INSIDE of the hairstyle into corresponding shapes using pencil. For example, if the hairdo is geometric, then the shapes inside need to be geometric
- Use thick and thin sharpies to create the hair Use a thick line weight to outline the hairdo, and a medium line weight to outline the shapes inside.
- Use an ultra fine sharpie and may then begin line designs inside the shapes- though the lines also need to be corresponding with geometric or organic. You can use different line weights if they want, but should use the ultra fine sharpie OR a pen works great, too!
- The background should be broken into the OPPOSITE shapes (if hair is geometric, the background should be organic). Using medium line weight, outline in sharpie. (The only outline that is a thick line weight is the outline of the hair.
- The background shapes should be filled in with corresponding lines types using a light line weight in ultra fine sharpie or pen.
- The background should be broken into the OPPOSITE shapes (if hair is geometric, the background should be organic). Using medium line weight, outline in sharpie. (The only outline that is a thick line weight is the outline of the hair.
- The background shapes should be filled in with corresponding lines types using a light line weight in ultra fine sharpie or pen.