Vincent Van Gogh's Joseph Roulin portraits — Students assess hatching and cross-hatching techniques and the variety of line work used in Vincent Van Gogh's sketched portrait of Joseph Roulin. Compare and contrast with the other Van Gogh's other portraits of Roulin and understand the history of them. Includes enlarged portraits for digital or print use, background sheet and student question sheet for writing or discussion. 9 thought-provoking questions included.
This becomes a great introduction for portrait/figure drawing. Use it prior to creating self portraits or portraits of friends.
Use Van Gogh's tecnique in your sketching learning about the technique of hatching and cross-hatching to create shade and shadow and define forms. Have students include a variety of line work in their finished portrait. Have students practice using hatching and cross-hatching on three-dimensional forms like the cube, pyramid, and sphere.
Great pre-emptive to explaing facial proportions:
• The eyes are halfway between the top of the head and the chin.
• The bottom of the nose is halfway between the eyes and the chin.
• The mouth is halfway between the nose and the chin.
• The corners of the mouth line up with the centers of the eyes.
• The tops of the ears line up above the eyebrows.
• The bottoms of the ears line up with the bottom of the nose.
Have students will work on their drawings using ink pens or reed pens. They may begin by setting up their proportions using pencil for preliminary work while shading and hatching can be done with the ink pen or reed pen.
Art History Van Gogh Joseph Roulin Sketch Analysis Figure Draw Compare Contrast
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