Students were asked to look at different types of "interactions" and what the "interaction" means to them personally. Students looked at the interactions between people and nature, people and technology, people and art and the interactions we face with ourselves everyday. Students were asked to create a portrait about their chosen "interaction" using the full range of values. Students then completed three separate concept sketches in their sketchbooks and chose one concept to finalize. After students completed their final concept sketch, they were given 16 X 20 in. paper to draw their final work of art. Here is the work in progress!
This project was designed so that students would potentially be able to enter their finished pieces in the National Portrait Gallery's "Teen Portrait Competition". Students can look at contest details and submit their final projects at http://www.npg.si.edu/exhibit/teen/index.html