ExpressYourself: Self-Portraits in Paint Project 2: Portrait Painting Nov ~ Jan (10 Weeks)
Unit Objective: Students will distinguish among the various functions of portraiture and create their own expressive portrait in paint to explore issues with identity, culture or emotion.
Students are evaluated on process, participation as well as end-product. *lessons and assignments may be subject to change due to teacher’s discretion
Class wiki link: http://bit.ly/cH7WtR
Week 1 - Introduction Discussion 1: What makes a good story? Discussion 2: Portraits can tell a graphic story. When looking at a portrait, what story do you see? Discussion 3: Introduction to portrait painting (http://bit.ly/5mgXQt) Activity 1 and 2: What do you see? Discussion 4: What are the functions of a portrait? (Aesthetic, social or political) Activity 3 (20-30 mins): Using mirrors, create a quick portrait in coloured pencil in your developmental workbook. Don't worry so much about exact proportions at this point. Keep the portrait's function in mind: is it aesthetic, social or political? How will you achieve it? When complete, gather and have class decide what function each portrait serves. Homework: View these various bookmarked “portrait paintings” (http://vi.sualize.us/elemict/portrait %20painting/) and record an example of an aesthetic, social and political portrait in your Developmental Workbook. Please date and assign the title "Portrait Painting Week 1 Homework." You may print and glue a thumbnail of the image in your book or simply write the function with the title and artist of the painting. (Required) Watch this 26 minute documentary video on Portraits (http://bit.ly/dCZSVA) (Optional)
Week 2 - Biographical Drawing
Warm-up: Learning to Look - "What do you see?" activity Discussion 1: Define in pairs Frank Curkovic