Task 1 - Create a mind map over 1-2 pages that explores the idea of what a Portrait is. Find the dictionary definition, go onto the online thesaurus to find other words that mean the same thing. Use word and images.

Task 2 - Create an inspiration page/mood board in your sketchbook over 2 pages using my Portraits Pinterest board. choose images that you really like.

Task 3 - Research 2 artists you have found on the Pinterest board and create a detailed research page on each artist, use words and images. (You could use artists from the workshops below or choose your own from the portraits Pinterest board)
Describe the work - Why do you like the work?
Analyse the work - What is the hidden meaning?

What I am looking for:

Problem solving skills.
Resilience - keep experimenting!
Own ideas - Use Pinterest
Independent learning - you choose each lesson

Students will choose one workshop to complete each lesson, research artist, take photos, edit and present.

LO: To explore using the quick selection tool and cutting through layers in photoshop or by hand by producing a digitally altered portrait.

Workshop 1

Guy Catling

CREATE: 3 different experiments alongside your artist research on Erin Case or Guy Catling.

Extension: Go on to my Portraits pinterest and choose a portrait that you like, use your problem solving skills to work out how they made it and make your own version. Present alongside the artist research.

LO: to explore symbols and illustration by producing a portrait using digital or hand drawn patterns

Choose to research either Hattie Stewart or Nina Chakrbarti.

Copy the patterns on the portraits or if you're aiming for the higher grades do some research on cultural symbols and make your own up based on this.

Use the face paints to paint symbols onto someones face & then take photos.
Use the graphics tablet or the mouse to create digital patterns onto a photograph you have already taken.
Print off a portrait you have already taken and draw on top using a black fine liner.

Nina Chakrabarti

Hattie Stewart

Workshop 2

CREATE: 3 different experiments alongside your artist research on Hattie Stewart or Nina Chakrabarti.

Extension: Go on to my Portraits pinterest and choose a portrait that you like, use your problem solving skills to work out how they made it and make your own version.

Workshop 3

CREATE: 2-3 different experiments alongside your artist research on Dr. Propolus.

Extension: Go on to my Portraits pinterest and choose a portrait that you like, use your problem solving skills to work out how they made it and make your own version.

Workshop 4

CREATE: 2-3 different experiments alongside your artist research on Veronica Arviana.

Extension: Go on to my Portraits pinterest and choose a portrait that you like, use your problem solving skills to work out how they made it and make your own version.

CREATE: 2-3 different experiments alongside your artist research on Thomas Coudec and Clement Vauchez

Extension: Go on to my Portraits pinterest and choose a portrait that you like, use your problem solving skills to work out how they made it and make your own version.

Workshop 5

Workshop 6

You will need two contrasting images for this workshop.

Place both images into photoshop and experiment with the layers and blends in your layers pallet

Extension: Click on the image above and follow the tutorial to create a double exposure image like this.

Present 4 different experiments alongside your choice of double exposure artist. Search 'Double Exposure Photographers' on Pinterest and create an artist research page based on them.

Research the work of artists who rip and cut through their photographs. Produce 3 experiments and present alongside your artist research.

Research the work of artists who use geometic shapes to distort their portraits, Alma Haser is one. Produce an experiment and present alongside your artist research.

Workshop 7

Workshop 8

Present your exploding head with at least 10 different objects coming out of it.

You can use images from the internet too.

Extension:

Link the objects to your own identity.

Create a narrative (a story) using the objects.

Describe your story when you present your exploding head.

Workshop 9

To Develop your portraits into a final piece, follow instructions below.

Amazing student example

Half term Extended Learning:

Create your own photographic Alphabet.

Take photos of shapes and shadows that replicate letters of the Alphabet. Use my pinterest board for inspiration. Present them on a Powerpoint or word document along with research from the pinterest board.

Summer Term - How do we capture Movement?

LO: To experiment with long exposure techniques by using a Slow Shutter Speed on the camera and producing a series of images in the studio and researching relevant artists.

Set the Camera to 'TV' and choose a shutter speed of between 1/5s and 5s. Get your model to only move their head to create a blur.

Present your images with

your Artist Billy Kidd

In the cupboard, Set the camera to TV and experiment with long shutter speeds up to 20s. Using the torch on your phone, draw pictures or draw around your model to create an alter ego or character.

Present your images with your Artist: Michael Basanko

Research using the pinterest boards.

Create a research page about long shutter speed and light graffiti.

Find 2 artists, one who uses movement and one who paints with light and create a research page on each one.

In the studio set the Camera to TV and experiment with the coloured acetates and a directional light to create these ghostly portraits. Choose colours that link to different moods.

Extended Learning: Research slow shutter speed and produce a research page on it to include images and information. You can use any format you want, in word, PP or by hand

Present your images with your Artist: Jeremy Cowart

Success Criteria:

7/8 - Your images will be extremely imaginative and will show a confident understanding of the technique of slow shutter speed. Lighting and composition will also be excellent and you will have experimented with numerous different shutter speed settings so you understand the different effects. You will be able to confidently set the camera correctly and your annotation will show that you can explain which shutter speed and camera setting you used and how this has effected the images you have taken. You will have studied your chosen artist thoroughly and this should be reflected in your images.

5/6 - Your images will be imaginative and you will show an understanding of slow shutter speed. Lighting and composition will have been well considered. You will be able to set the camera to a slow shutter speed and take successful images. Your annotation will be detailed and describe your camera settings. Your images will show you have studied your artist closely.

3/4 - You will be able to use a slow shutter speed on the camera to create blurred images. You will understand how to set the camera and your images will show that you have studied the artists. Your annotation will explain how you took your photographs.

Feeling confident? Excellent tutorial here

Excellent student examples

How can we make ourselves invisible?

Download cloud or smoke brushes here

to replace your head with.

Duplicity - Creating a mask using your own face

LO: Explore how water and glass distort the image by choosing one of the activities below.

How to succeed:

Use manual focus on the camera.
Make the orb or the droplets the focal point.
Get as close as you can keeping your subject in focus.
Try using the macro setting on the camera.

Use all of the images you have made so far to develop a final piece:

This is a digital collage

Amazing student examples

TOP TIPS

Use your selection tools to select parts of your image, copy and paste and drag them into your panoramic, this will mean that you won't see the edges of your images and will make your composition much more unified.

TOP TIPS

Explore SCALE & DEPTH and how it effects composition.

Small objects recede and large objects advance.

The Power of the Portrait:

Portraits, Self Portraits and Identity

Experiment with different layouts and designs. Use black and white and colour, text, illustration, double exposure etc.

What I am looking for:

Problem solving skills.

Resilience - keep experimenting!

Own ideas - Use Pinterest

Independent learning - you choose each lesson

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Students will choose one workshop to complete each lesson, research artist, take photos, edit and present.

LO: To explore using the quick selection tool and cutting through layers in photoshop or by hand by producing a digitally altered portrait.

Workshop 1

Guy Catling

CREATE: 3 different experiments alongside your artist research on Erin Case or Guy Catling.

Extension: Go on to my Portraits pinterest and choose a portrait that you like, use your problem solving skills to work out how they made it and make your own version. Present alongside the artist research.

LO: to explore symbols and illustration by producing a portrait using digital or hand drawn patterns

Nina Chakrabarti

Hattie Stewart

Workshop 2

CREATE: 3 different experiments alongside your artist research on Hattie Stewart or Nina Chakrabarti.

Extension: Go on to my Portraits pinterest and choose a portrait that you like, use your problem solving skills to work out how they made it and make your own version.

Workshop 3

CREATE: 2-3 different experiments alongside your artist research on Dr. Propolus.

Extension: Go on to my Portraits pinterest and choose a portrait that you like, use your problem solving skills to work out how they made it and make your own version.

Workshop 4

CREATE: 2-3 different experiments alongside your artist research on Veronica Arviana.

Extension: Go on to my Portraits pinterest and choose a portrait that you like, use your problem solving skills to work out how they made it and make your own version.

CREATE: 2-3 different experiments alongside your artist research on Thomas Coudec and Clement Vauchez

Extension: Go on to my Portraits pinterest and choose a portrait that you like, use your problem solving skills to work out how they made it and make your own version.

Workshop 5

Workshop 6

Research the work of artists who rip and cut through their photographs. Produce 3 experiments and present alongside your artist research.

Research the work of artists who use geometic shapes to distort their portraits, Alma Haser is one. Produce an experiment and present alongside your artist research.

Workshop 7

Workshop 8

Workshop 9

To Develop your portraits into a final piece, follow instructions below.

Amazing student example

Half term Extended Learning:

Create your own photographic Alphabet.

Take photos of shapes and shadows that replicate letters of the Alphabet. Use my pinterest board for inspiration. Present them on a Powerpoint or word document along with research from the pinterest board.

Summer Term - How do we capture Movement?

LO: To experiment with long exposure techniques by using a Slow Shutter Speed on the camera and producing a series of images in the studio and researching relevant artists.

Set the Camera to 'TV' and choose a shutter speed of between 1/5s and 5s. Get your model to only move their head to create a blur.

Present your images with

your Artist Billy Kidd

In the cupboard, Set the camera to TV and experiment with long shutter speeds up to 20s. Using the torch on your phone, draw pictures or draw around your model to create an alter ego or character.

Present your images with your Artist: Michael Basanko

Research using the pinterest boards.

Create a research page about long shutter speed and light graffiti.

Find 2 artists, one who uses movement and one who paints with light and create a research page on each one.

In the studio set the Camera to TV and experiment with the coloured acetates and a directional light to create these ghostly portraits. Choose colours that link to different moods.

Extended Learning: Research slow shutter speed and produce a research page on it to include images and information. You can use any format you want, in word, PP or by hand

Present your images with your Artist: Jeremy Cowart

Feeling confident? Excellent tutorial here

Excellent student examples

How can we make ourselves invisible?

Download cloud or smoke brushes here

to replace your head with.

Duplicity - Creating a mask using your own face

LO: Explore how water and glass distort the image by choosing one of the activities below.

How to succeed:

Use manual focus on the camera.

Make the orb or the droplets the focal point.

Get as close as you can keeping your subject in focus.

Try using the macro setting on the camera.

Use all of the images you have made so far to develop a final piece:

This is a digital collage

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Experiment with different layouts and designs.
Use black and white and colour, text, illustration, double exposure etc.