Facial Features: Art Camp Week 2

You’ve made it to the second day of Art Camp! Today we’re going to look at all the different parts of our faces.

1. Try drawing each part of the face separately. Don’t worry yet about putting them all together, go ahead and draw them all over the page. You can start by drawing just one eye at a time, just a nose, or just a mouth.
2. There are different styles and two levels of difficulty for each part. Try out a few to see which ones you like best.
3. When you’re done, you can draw a big oval on a fresh sheet of paper, then cut out your favorites and glue them on to make a face! Feel free to give your person three eyes or an upside down nose. You can also print out the images below and cut them out too.

If you want to learn more about drawing facial features, I found this YouTube video from Zyra to be really helpful! We will be covering how all the parts of the face fit together next week, so don’t worry about that if you’re not ready for it yet.

Eyes & Eyebrows

Nose & Mouth

Extra credit: try to find the paintings these photos came from on the Google Arts & Culture Gallery.

⭐ PLAY TIME BONUS ROUND! ⭐

Get your family and friends involved with this one! Sit down at a table with at least one other person. Each of you will start with a blank piece of paper and a sharpie or a marker. No erasing!

1. Someone starts by saying a part of the face, and everyone draws that part: eyes, ears, eyebrows, nose, mouth, hair, or the outline. Go quickly and go SILLY! 
2. Now everyone passes their paper to someone else, and the next person calls out a different part of the face.
3. Keep passing around the paper until the face is finished.
4. Return each page to the person who started it, and they can add color, or details like glasses or a funny hat.

This activity is from the wonderful Artful Parent website, visit their page to see some wonderful examples.

👾 VIDEO CHAT STYLE 👻
MONSTER ROUND!

If you can’t get someone to be physically present with you while you play this game, try a video or phone call.

1. Start the same, but have the person calling out a part of the face add more description. The stranger the better! For example, say to draw one large eye, or a snake’s mouth, or cat ears.
2. Then the other person takes a turn describing a different part of the face of your monster person animal creature.
3. Keep going until the face is finished.
4. Add color or funny details.

This activity idea is from Carson Ellis’ Quarantine Art Club.