Portrait
| Grade | Work Samples |
|---|---|
| End of Stage 5 (end of Year 10) | |
| Grade A | Jules Indra Lesley Drew |
| Grade B | Kendall Ainsley |
- New Work Samples
- Taylor
Description of activity
Students investigate a range of painting and drawing techniques to make a portrait. They consider and experiment with visual qualities and how they can be manipulated, to represent and communicate particular qualities, interests and character traits of the sitter to an audience.
Context
Students have investigated the conventions of portrait painting and artists from different times and places including works by Rembrandt, Durer, Gentileschi, Matisse, Close and Archibald prize entrants. They have made preliminary sketches of their subject and considered compositional devices and viewpoints, and objects to use in the work to inform the audience about the sitter’s interests and character. Students have experimented with and drawn on their knowledge of a range of painting styles and techniques to select paint mediums, techniques and visual qualities to represent the subject matter.
Areas for Assessment
Outcomes
A student:
5.1 develops range and autonomy in selecting and applying visual arts conventions and procedures to make artworks
5.2 makes artworks informed by their understanding of the function of and relationships between artist - artwork - world - audience
5.3 makes artworks informed by an understanding of how the frames affect meaning
5.4 investigates the world as a source of ideas, concepts and subject matter in the visual arts
5.5 makes informed choices to develop and extend concepts and different meanings in their artworks
5.6 demonstrates developing technical accomplishment and refinement in making artworks
Criteria for assessing learning
(These criteria would normally be communicated to students with the activity.)
Students will be assessed on their:
- understanding of the conventions and techniques of portrait painting evident in the selection and refinement of painting techniques and modes of representation
- knowledge of the structural frame and the representation of character traits, interests and insights of the sitter through manipulation of visual qualities such as composition, viewpoint, colour, tone and modelling
- understanding of the relationships between the agencies of the conceptual framework to communicate with and inform the audience about the sitter/subject matter.