Tyger sketches

[Tygerson]

Thank you all so very much!

Here is assignment 5 from "In yo face" by Suzanne Helmigh, drawing emotions from imagination. I started with a generic face so as not to start over constructing the head each time and lose momentum. Then I tried a new face for each, hopefully tilting it to match the emotion.

The fussier I got, the more the emotion drained out, so I left them messy. It is impossible to do this without making those expressions!







Also, I've been observing expressions. Little kids are great for this--they don't tone down their expressions the way grownups do. My two year old seems to mostly show contentment/joy, and very frequently shows surprise. Surprise is brief, then is followed by joy, or anger/annoyance, or sadness.

My five year olds is content, but not often surprised. Sometimes shows frustration/anger, or sadness.

One expression seems to be missing. Neither child ever seems to show contempt. Is this an expression we learn later? Like as a preteen?