A-Art History Self-portrait

Choose a portrait

from an art history

book, use any era, any media.

Take a self-portrait with

a digital camera. Combine

the two images. Use any color

medium; paint pastels, colored

pencils.

B-Bacon Portrait

Study the fantastic portraits

by Guiseppe Arcimboldo.

Gather the grocery store adds

from your junk mail. Cut out

the food adds and sort by color.

You can use all meat, all veggies,

etc. Sketch a quick contour

portrait of someone in your house

or use a mirror and draw yourself.

Cut and glue the adds to create

a contemporary Arcimboldo portrait.

C-Candy Wrapper Collage

Get a pack of your favorite candy
or gum, share it with others. Save
all the wrapping. Use a glue stick
to create a dynamic composition
using the wrappers.
Leave some space for
drawing/painting/collaging. Add
your own style to the collage.

D-Dots

Study Suerat and other pointalist
impressionists. Use either a picture
in your d. book, or get an object from
outside (flower/leaf, etc.). Briefly
sketch the object. Use Qtips and
acrylic paint to add color and value.
Be sure to create a range of values.

E-Exaggerated Face

Study Picasso's Cubist portraits.

Using a mirror, draw both

front and side views of your

face parts in an unusual

arrangement. Add color or value.

F-Finish the Photo

Find an old photo at home; could be a
landscape, vacation photo, anything
with a good range of color.
Glue the photo in the center
of a primed page. Using acrylic paint
attempt to mix and match the colors
of the photo and extend the image
to the rest of the page.
Manipulate your brush to recreate
textures as close as possible.

G-Garbage Art Collage

Garbage Art Collage- Recycle your old art,work you don't like or haven't finished. Add things from your junk mail, or a recycling box. Create a dynamic composition. Add a new image to become the focal point.