This task could be used as part of an Art and Design project on the theme of portraiture or identity, or it could be used for Photography.
The task would take one to two hours.
The task begins by exploring the work of artists Barbara Kruger and Jenny Holzer. Students are asked to begin by researching their work further.
After taking a series of portrait shots students are asked to explore adding text to their images in oder to tell us something more about the subject. Prompts are given to help students think about what they might want to include in their text.
A link is included to help support students in the use of text paths in Photoshop.
This scheme of work is based on 4 workshop style lesson. The workshops are designed to develop skills in the following media…
Working with pencil (tone/shade/texture) inspired by Ian Murphy
Working with water colour (colour/tone) inspired by Sunga Parc
Working with collage/mixed media inspired by Jon Measures
Working with cardboard (3D/relief) inspired by Evol
I teach this to Y9 in preparation for GCSE.
A set of 9 homework tasks that can be set over the course of a term. The individual tasks help develop skills and knowledge and include activities that link to SMSC.
Printmaking
Art in the news
Diversity
Careers in Art
Composition
Working in 3D
Digital drawing
This is a full project that will take around 10 weeks to complete (one hour per week)
The project aims to introduce students the concept of the formal elements and works through a series of drawing tasks focusing on each element.
The visual theme of the project centres around insects with links to artists who have created work inspired by insects. Each formal element is explained through a video link and a references an relevant artist.
A printable booklet that can be shared with GCSE Art and Design students. Contains help sheets about the course assessment criteria, tips about how to use different media, key terms and techniques as well as much more.
I have used this project for a number of years with Year 8 groups. It is designed to introduce students to artifacts from a non European culture and develop their skills in 3D modeling techniques. Students also explore cultural reference to animals and develop skills in mark making when painting/drawing their animal as well as developing design skills when designing their own masks.