Students will investigate formal and conceptual uses of facial expressions to communicate emotion in portraiture.
Using graphite and an eraser, students will create a series of reductive cartoon portraits, displaying a variety of facial expressions to convey mood and emotion.
Review and discuss how artists use facial expressions to convey mood and emotion.
Compare how line, shape, and color in a portrait (the formal qualities) are used together to show mood or emotion (the conceptual qualities).
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