Grade 1 2015 - Portrait

Grade 1 Visual Arts

How we organise ourselves

My BIS staff member portrait

Artists can represent connections through unity, shape and colour.

Related concepts - information, representation, symbolism, interdependence, communication

Lines of inquiry:

▪The expressive qualities of colour   

▪Unity and shape in artwork

▪Use of elements and principles of art to show connections

We viewed lots of examples of self-portraits and practised by creating our own self-portraits first.  We had to make sure the eyes were in the centre of the face, and the shape of the mouth and ears was realistic.  We viewed more examples of portraits painted by different artists at different times and we discussed the features of the people who were portrayed.  Then we created our portraits, each showing a different member of staff at BIS.  After our portraits were finished we thought about the resources used by each staff member and the people they work with.  We found photos of these resources in magazines, or drew them ourselves.

Many of us were very happy with the colours we used for our portraits, or the way we drew the face and the hair.  Some of us found it challenging to draw the eyes and the mouth.  What do you think? We hope you like our portraits!

Grade 1 agreed on the following criteria for a successful portrait:

                                                                                                         

Does my portrait clearly show my community member?

Is my use of colour interesting?

Are the shapes clear?

Is everything inside the head clear?

Do our portraits show unity in our organisation?

October – November 2014