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Portraits – Identity & Modern Life

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Portraits – Identity & Modern Life is an engaging portrait unit that asks students to explore how technology, music or clothing can reveal a person’s identity and relationship with modern life.

Learning Objectives

Students will:

  • Analyse how Peter Davis explores people and modern life through contemporary portraiture.
  • Select and investigate a personal theme based on technology, music or clothing.
  • Research a second portrait artist and use aspects of their work to develop ideas.
  • Record first-hand observations through photography, drawing and painting.
  • Experiment with media, techniques, scale, colour, surface and image manipulation.
  • Develop and refine compositions before creating a resolved final portrait.
  • Explain how their artist research, ideas and experimentation informed their decisions.

Included in This Download

  • A detailed, stage-by-stage written unit of work which includes an overview, introduction, objectives, mind map, artists research, photography, responding to artists work, experimentation, development, formats arrangements and compositions, final outcome and assessment.
  • The ‘Portraits – Identity and Modern Life‘ presentation, available as a PowerPoint and Google Slides presentation. This presentation supports the written unit of work.
  • An ‘Artwork Formats and Arrangements’ handout.
  • ‘100 Portrait Artists List’ handout.
  • ‘Research Page Do’s and Don’ts’ handout.
  • An editable ‘Assessment Framework’ and ‘Self-Assessment Checklist’ for students.

You will also need to download the free Peter Davis presentation.

The Detail

Students begin by investigating the contemporary figurative paintings of Peter Davis and considering how portraits can communicate more than physical appearance. They choose to explore a person’s relationship with technology, music or clothing and create a mind map of personal ideas.

The unit takes students through artist research, planning and first-hand photography before they explore their images through drawing, painting and other media. Students then select a second portrait artist whose ideas, processes or visual qualities can help them develop an individual response. Experimentation leads into purposeful development, thumbnail compositions and a resolved final portrait that connects artists, ideas and skills.

The unit is organised into flexible stages rather than individual lessons, making it easy to adapt for different age groups, timescales, strengths and needs.

There are many more Full Units of Work and many portrait lessons and resources on The Arty Teacher website.

Timing Guidance

This is a substantial unit that can be adapted to suit the time available. The stages may be shortened or extended according to students’ age, experience, strengths and needs, as well as the amount of homework set. For GCSE, I would allow 18 – 25 weeks depending on how many lessons you have each week.

Materials Required

  • Sketchbooks or paper
  • Cameras, tablets or mobile phones
  • A printer for photographs and contact sheets
  • Pencils and drawing materials
  • Paint and brushes
  • A selection of surfaces and experimental media
  • Optional printmaking materials
  • Suitable surfaces for the final outcome

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Sarah Crowther is The Arty Teacher. She is a high school art teacher in the North West of England. She strives to share her enthusiasm for art by providing art teachers around the globe with high-quality resources and by sharing her expertise through this blog.

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