This large unit of work asks students to create a mixed media artwork that includes a drawing of a friend and collage pieces that represents their friend’s personality and interests. The collage appears to be ‘exploding’ from the person’s mind! During this project, students photograph a friend, learning about different portrait poses and also taking close-ups of features of the face. They practise drawing features of the face and research and make connections to a successful designer who has made similar work. Making a background that reflects the designers work, they arrange the portrait that they have drawn and collage pieces they have collected into a final outcome.
This download includes:
- A three page written unit of work that includes 8 stages and homework. The stages include: introduction, photography, artist research, practising features of the face, drawing a portrait, background, collage, assessment and extension task.
- A 9-slide PowerPoint presentation (pictured above) full of good examples.
- 5 pages of useful collage pieces to supplement what your students collect themselves.
- An assessment rubric for photography.
- An assessment rubric for the final outcome. (Two versions to allow for the different countries use of the word tone/value)
- An extension task worksheet.
There are lots of portrait art lessons and collage art lessons on The Arty Teacher website.