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.
Year 10
Your Coursework starts here
This is the beginning of your controlled coursework which will be assessed in year 11 and will form 60% of your final grade.
The emphasis this year is on developing your own ideas through research of artists/genres, taking your own photographs in response to your research, experimenting with different techniques and starting to link these together to create a series of final pieces.
In Pairs, choose a piece of coursework to analyse. Can you identify the good practice in these pieces of work? Download the worksheet, screenshot it and place in your sketchbook.
LO: To identify and develop your coursework ideas by choosing a starting point for your new project; People and Places, then mind mapping and researching artists.
STEP ONE:
Have a look at the two categories below and see if any of the topics spark any ideas. Choose one (or more than one) as a starting point for your coursework.
Choose one word from Identity and Environment and one word from the list below.
It's important that you choose a topic that you feel strongly about and are really interested in.
Then create a mind map exploring your ideas.
STEP TWO:
Pair your starting point with a word from here:
Perception
Perspective
Nature
Opposites
Line
Blur
Beauty
Texture
Contrast
Focus
Colour
Shape
Calm
Urban Myths
Inside/
Outside
Fear
Light
Close up
Transform
Distort
Chaos
Dark
Silhouette
Shadows
Supernatural
Fairytales
Reveal
Hidden
How do we develop our ideas now?
Choose one of the starting points below:
Create a mind map
Be Creative and Bold and really explore the ideas you want to talk about and how you could make a change.
Street Photography
Man made/Natural
Home
Still Life Objects
Polution
Renewable energy
Erosion
Travel/
Transport
Journeys
Rising sea levels
Campaigns
Identity
Environment
Portraits
Landscape
Consent
Gender
Gender Equality
Cities and Streets
PRIDE
Body Image
Character
Disguise
Work - A day in the life
Expression/Emotion
Transform
Architecture
CORNWALL
The Coast
Climate Crisis
Extinction Rebellion
Cosmetic surgery
Single use plastics
Sub Cultures
Conservation
All about me
Narrative and storytelling
Human Rights
Feminism
Fashion/
clothing
Mental Health
Families
STEP THREE:
Now use the pinterest boards below to create your own pinterest board of visual ideas OF AT LEAST 30 PINS.
STEP FOUR:
Now create a mood board/inspiration page using the images you have found, make it visually exciting!!!
STEP FIVE:
CHOOSE YOUR FIRST 6-8 ARTISTS TO RESEARCH AND RESPOND TO
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Choose two images that really inspire you from the pinterest board and mood board, research the artists who created them and create a research page on both artists/campaigns depending on the images you have chosen.
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Plan your first photoshoot and make a list of all the things you will need, props, costume, make up, location etc.
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If you are stuck, use the workshops below to help you get started. Choose the ones that link to and develop your ideas.
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You should aim for one workshop per lesson.
Here are some suggestions for you to start you off.
Attempt one workshop each lesson. This can be from your own artist research or from my workshops below. This should consist of a page of artists research, a photoshoot and a series of edits using the artists techniques.
