Line Portraits

8th graders worked with LINE as their focus for the month of February.  The images below represent some amazing examples of using lines to “complete” half of a portrait. 

Figure Drawings

My 8th graders are still working with the element of value, so I had them take a photograph of a  mannequin.  They had fun figuring out the composition and how to bend the arms and legs to make it an appealing image to draw from.  Below are some examples of how they turned out---overall I would say this was a very successful lesson.