Portraiture Lesson 1

Connector: Card Sort Which paintings are portraits? Portraits Not Portraits

Portraits Not Portraits What is different between the 2 groups of pictures? Picture of a person. Can normally only see their shoulders and face. Records a persons appearance. Shows a persons personality. The picture is normally portrait way up. Picture is not normally of people. Picture can be of objects, landscapes, nature and buildings. Shows how the artist feels about the objects/scenery. Picture is normally landscape way up.

Big picture Connector: card sort Discuss what makes a portrait Mind map. Demonstration. Drawing time. Review.

Learning Outcome All will mind map their new project and know what a portrait is. All will do drawing studies of the nose and lips. Most pupils learn what tone is and use 2 tones. Some will use 3 tones and use shading very smoothly.

Why has Portraiture been used in the past? Sign of wealth. Capture a physical likeness to send to a person they may wish to marry. However some portraits were made to show an idealised (air brushed) image of the person so they appeared better looking. Showing a physical presence in a building or space when they are absent.

Where can portraiture be found today?

BUT Why do we still use the painted portrait? To observe and understand physical proportion. Explore human expression. Patience through the painting process. A painting is a one off piece and can never be painted the same way again. Where as a digital photo is one of many and can easily be forgotten.

Mind map Myself Portraiture Project Hobbies Sports/ Art/ Music/ Cooking Foods Sports men/women Family/ Friends Books/ Authors Singers/Bands Colours Clothes Films What are your likes and dislikes? Who is your idol? -who can explain what an idol is? Actor/Actress Culture Religion

Demonstration: Drawing stages 1) SOFTLTY draw the OUTLINE. 2) SOFTLY draw the BIG INSIDE SHAPES. 3) SOFTLY draw the DETAIL. 4) SHADE in the LIGHT TONES. 5) SHADE in the MIDDLE TONES. 6) SHADE in the DARK TONES. 7) START a NEW DRAWING.

Drawing Stages STAGES 1)Softly sketch the outline 2)Softly sketch in the big shapes of the shoe 3)Softly draw in small details e.g. Laces, stitches 4)Add light tones= very soft pencil pressure, thin lines (hold pencil at a diagonal to the table) NOTE: the lightest highlights leave blank/white 5) Add medium tones=medium pencil pressure 6) Add dark tones=heavy pencil pressure, thick lines

review Go round the room... Say who your idol is And why they are your idol

Historical Portraits Leonardo da Vinci, Mona Lisa, Johannes Vermeer, Head of a Young Girl, 1660 Unkown Artist, Henry VIII George Romney, Mary Moser, Above: Giuseppe Arcimboldo’s, Vertumnus, 1591

Historical Portraits Above: Gustav Klimt, Adele Bloch- bauer I, 1907 Left: Vincent Van Gogh, Self Portrait Saint R émy, September 1889 Right: Tamara de Lempicka, Auto Portrait, 1929

Contemporary Portraits Left: Sonia Boyce, She Ain’t Holding Them Up, She’s Holding On (Some English Rose), 1986 Left: Frida Kahlo, Self Portrait with Monkey, 1940 Below: Andy Warhol, Marilyn Monroe, 1967

Contemporary Portraits Left: Julian Opie, Best of Blur Album Front Cover Left: Lucien Freud, Queen Elizabeth II, Below: Beryl Cook, Bertie, 1980