Crayon Face Cartoon Drawing

Minnesota 9-12 Visual Art Standards
Used in this Lesson

  • 1. Demonstrate knowledge of the foundations of the arts area.
  • 1A. Analyze how the elements of visual art including color, line, shape, value, form, texture and space; and principles such as repetition, pattern, emphasis, contrast and balance are combined to communicate meaning in the creation of, presentation of, or response to visual artworks.

  • 1b. Evaluate how the principles of visual art such as repetition, pattern, emphasis, contrast and balance are used in the creation of, presentation of, or response to visual artworks.

  • 1c. Analyze how the characteristics of Western and non-Western styles, movements, and genres in art contribute to the creation of, presentation of, or response to artworks.

  • 1d. Apply understanding of the health and safety issues related to creating in art.

  • 2. Demonstrate knowledge and use of the technical skills of the art form, integrating technology when applicable.
  • 2a. Integrate the characteristics of the tools, materials and techniques of a selected media in original artworks to support artistic purposes.

  • 3. Demonstrate understanding of the personal, social, cultural and historical contexts that influence the arts areas.
  • 3a. Analyze how visual artworks influence and are influenced by personal, social, cultural or historical contexts, including the contributions of Minnesota American Indian tribes and communities.

  • 3b. Synthesize and express an individual view of the meaning and functions of visual art.
  • 4. Create or make in a variety of contexts in the arts area using the artistic foundations.
  • 4a. Create a single, complex artwork or multiple artworks to express ideas.

  • 4b. Revise artworks based on artistic intent and using multiple sources of critique and feedback.

  • 4c. Justify an artistic statement, including how audience and occasion influence creative choices.
  • 5. Perform or present in a variety of contexts in the arts area using the artistic foundations.
  • 5a. Present, exhibit, publish or demonstrate collections of artworks for different audiences and occasions.

  • 5b.Revise presentation based on artistic intent and using multiple sources of critique and feedback.

  • 5c. Justify artistic intent, including how audience and occasion influence presentation choices.
  • 6. Respond to or critique a variety of creations or performances using the artistic foundations.
  • 6a. Analyze, interpret and evaluate works of visual art by applying self-selected criteria within the traditions of the art form.

  • 6b. Justify choices of self-selected criteria based on knowledge of how criteria affects criticism.

    • Additional Tie-ins

  • Cartooning
  • Layering Crayons
    • After doing a self portrait we adapt human facial features to cartoons and show how a cartoon can be a simplified human face. A short lesson on drawing cartoon faces is covered in class after which the assignment is introduced.

    Click here to view an 8 minute Quicktime video similar to our cartooning lesson.

    This assignment is loosely based on Chuck Close's work. Mr. Close paints huge faces and uses a grid to enlarge photographs. Students are to draw 5 small sketches of possible cartoon faces to use for this assignment. They then pick one and grid it out so they can easily enlarge it onto the large paper.

    Sometime during this whole process another lesson is covered in class where students are to use crayons and follow the instructor as he demonstrates how to layer crayon colors to make various shapes appear three dimensional.

    After the students have their face drawn lightly on the large paper the grid lines are erased and they go about using the crayon layering technique to give the face volume.

    Evaluation:
    2 points -- Use of class time and daily progress
    5 points -- 5 Thumbnail sketches approved
    2 points -- Correct use of a grid to enlarge one sketch
    3 points -- Expression based on reality
    3 points -- Variety of colors integrated nicely
    5 points -- Sense of three dimensionality
    20 points total.