{"id":1165,"date":"2023-03-10T08:25:48","date_gmt":"2023-03-10T13:25:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/?p=1165"},"modified":"2023-03-10T08:25:48","modified_gmt":"2023-03-10T13:25:48","slug":"torn-paper-portraits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/torn-paper-portraits\/","title":{"rendered":"Torn Paper Portraits"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As a short-term project, students created torn paper self-portraits. A picture was taken of each student and it was abstracted in Photoshop using the cut-out filter. This filter breaks the image down into specific values and students chose the number of values that gave them the look they desired.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After printing their pictures, students mixed black and white acrylic paint to create similar values on pieces of paper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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They placed a transparency over their picture (which was backed with cardboard to keep it rigid), tore each value-toned paper into small pieces and glued the pieces directly onto the transparency. They applied a coat of Mod-Podge over their finished portraits to secure any loose pieces of paper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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To extend this project–or to make it more challenging–have students draw their abstracted portraits on a sheet of paper. While this method would take longer, the portraits would be created on paper instead of on a transparency, and the size of the finished portraits could be increased.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As a short-term project, students created torn paper self-portraits. A picture was taken of each student and it was abstracted in Photoshop using the cut-out filter. This filter breaks the image down into specific values and students chose the number … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[6,25,27,278],"class_list":["post-1165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lesson-plans","tag-art-education","tag-art-lesson-plan","tag-paper-crafts","tag-portraits"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1165"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1165\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1169,"href":"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1165\/revisions\/1169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}