# How You Feel...

## Overview

In this chapter, students explore facial expressions, emotions, and body proportions through art and observation. They learn to recognize emotional states by acting and guessing expressions, study the proportions of human faces using mathematical ratios, draw expressive faces, and create clay relief sculptures. The chapter also addresses body image stereotypes in visual culture and promotes self-reflection and representation in art.

## Key Topics Covered

### 1. Expressing Emotions with Facial Expressions (Navarasa Game)

* **Activity**: Act out emotional expressions and guess the prompt.
* **Prompts Include**:

* Helping someone succeed
* Meeting a loved one
* Being laughed at
* Receiving or giving support
* Experiencing sudden fear or joy
* **Objective**: Recognize and express emotions through body language and facial expressions.

### 2. Proportions of the Human Head

* **Concept**: The structure and size of facial features change with age.
* **Key Observations**:

* Space between eyes ≈ width of one eye
* Ears align between eyebrows and nose tip
* **Activity**:

* Measure your face using fingers.
* Draw faces from different angles.
* Use math (fractions, ratios) to describe facial features.
* **Objective**: Understand and use proportion in drawing human faces.

### 3. Drawing Facial Expressions

* **Steps**:

1. Observe friends' expressions (funny, sad, laughing, worried, etc.).
2. Draw 4–5 faces, focusing on proportions.
3. Change eyebrows, eyes, mouth to create varied expressions.
4. Turn these into your own emojis.
* **Objective**: Develop visual storytelling skills by showing emotion through art.

### 4. Rock-Cut Sculpture at Mahabalipuram

* **Context**: Travel back in time to witness sculptors creating the famous relief—‘Descent of Ganga’ / ‘Arjuna’s Penance’.
* **Observation**:

* Mixture of complete and unfinished figures
* Myths and life around water celebrated through stone carvings
* **Objective**: Connect historical sculpture to present-day facial expression art.

### 5. Creating Faces in Clay Relief

* **Definition**: A relief is a raised sculpture that remains attached to a base.
* **Materials and Process**:

* Use natural clay, prepare slab (15cm x 15cm x 3cm)
* Transfer drawing to clay
* Remove background clay, add facial features
* Use tools like spoons, sticks; refine with details
* Dry, paint, and add a hole for hanging
* **Technical Tips**:

* Use “slip” (clay paste) to join parts
* Keep slab moist to prevent cracks
* **Objective**: Translate facial sketches into 3D clay expressions using traditional techniques.

### 6. Challenging Body Stereotypes in Art

* **Discussion Points**:

* How stereotypes in media portray body types and beauty
* Examples from magazines, ads, social media
* **Activity**:

* Observe body types around you
* Reflect on your own body image
* Create sketches challenging harmful stereotypes
* **Examples of Art Styles**:

* Mughal portrait
* Jain manuscript
* Bengal patachitra
* Warli painting
* Raja Ravi Varma’s work
* **Objective**: Use art to break stereotypes and promote inclusive representation.


## New Terms and Simple Definitions

| Term | Definition |
| ---------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Navarasa | The nine basic emotions in Indian art, like joy, anger, sorrow, etc. |
| Proportion | The relationship of size between different parts of the face or body |
| Ratio | A mathematical comparison of two quantities (e.g., 1:2) |
| Relief | A sculpture that is raised from a flat background |
| Expression | A way to show how you feel using your face or body |
| Slip | A smooth paste made of clay and water used to stick clay parts together |
| Stereotype | A general belief about people or groups that may not be true |
| Sculptor | A person who makes sculptures |
| Texture | The feel or surface detail of an artwork |
| Clay slab | A flat, thick piece of clay used as the base for creating relief art |

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## Practice Questions

### Easy (3)

1. **What does the space between your two eyes equal?**
**Answer**: It equals the width of one eye.
**Explanation**: This helps maintain facial proportion in drawings.

2. **Name one activity where you draw and express different emotions.**
**Answer**: Drawing emojis with different facial expressions.
**Explanation**: This helps us recognize how expressions change with emotions.

3. **What is a relief sculpture?**
**Answer**: A sculpture that is attached to a flat surface.
**Explanation**: It has raised shapes but remains connected to the base.

### Medium (2)

4. **Why is proportion important when drawing a face?**
**Answer**: To make the face look realistic and balanced.
**Explanation**: Proportions help keep the size and placement of features accurate.

5. **How can we challenge body stereotypes in art?**
**Answer**: By drawing diverse body types and showing all as beautiful.
**Explanation**: This changes how people think and promotes inclusion.

### Difficult (3)

6. **How does a sculptor use “slip” while working with clay?**
**Answer**: Slip is applied between clay parts to help them stick.
**Explanation**: It works like glue and prevents breakage.

7. **Describe how facial expressions change when someone is sad vs happy.**
**Answer**: Sad – eyebrows bend upward, mouth down. Happy – eyes wide, mouth smiles.
**Explanation**: The positions of eyebrows, eyes, and lips reflect emotion.

8. **What makes the Mahabalipuram sculpture unique?**
**Answer**: It combines finished and unfinished figures, and tells ancient stories.
**Explanation**: This helps us imagine life and myths from the past.

### Very Difficult (2)

9. **What impact do body image stereotypes in media have on people?**
**Answer**: They can cause people to feel insecure or undervalued.
**Explanation**: These stereotypes often create false ideas about beauty and worth.

10. **List three traditional Indian art styles shown in the chapter and one feature of each.**
**Answer**:

* Warli: Simple stick-like figures
* Mughal portraits: Detailed and realistic faces
* Bengal patachitra: Bold lines and vibrant colours
**Explanation**: Each style represents different culture and emotion in unique ways.

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