7th grade Portrait of Mary

In appreciation of May, the Month of Mary, students are working on graphite portraits of Mary. We view artworks of Mary by Botticelli and other artists and discussed similarities and differences of how Mary is portrayed. Students chose an image of Mary to draw from. We used HB pencils to draw and begin shading, then 6B pencils for the darker values and finally blue colored pencil to add selective color to Mary's veil. Many students were surprised at how well their final drawings came out!

^^ using the smudging technique