Text Portrait
STEP 1: COMPLETE PRACTICE WORKSHEET
Choose a word and practice creating different values by varying the way to write the word. This can be repetitive or it can vary the how close together your letters are or both.
Choose a word and practice creating different values by varying the way to write the word. This can be repetitive or it can vary the how close together your letters are or both.
STEP 2: SELECT AN INFLUENTIAL FIGURE
Choose a person that is influential to you. This can be an artist, a musician, a politician, an activist, an author..
Find a portrait of that person, print out a black and white image as large as possible
STEP 3: CHOOSE THE TEXT YOU WANT TO USE.
The text that you choose to use should be relevant to the person you're creating a portrait of.
If you chose, say Martin Luther King Jr, you might want to choose his famous "I Have a Dream" speech and excerpts from other speeches. If you're choosing a musician, you might want to choose specific song lyrics.
The text that you choose to use should be relevant to the person you're creating a portrait of.
If you chose, say Martin Luther King Jr, you might want to choose his famous "I Have a Dream" speech and excerpts from other speeches. If you're choosing a musician, you might want to choose specific song lyrics.
STEP 4: IDENTIFY VALUES ON YOUR ORIGINAL PHOTO
Go through that portrait and try to pick out at least 5 different values and lightly label them to give them an idea.
Go through that portrait and try to pick out at least 5 different values and lightly label them to give them an idea.