Year 5 - Art and design
Painting: the foundations of a facial expression
Photography and painting: facial expressions in portraiture
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Unit Summary
In this unit, pupils will learn the art of portraiture in greater depth. They will learn how artists create expressions, mood and feeling in their portraits using facial features, colour, lighting and props.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to create a painting that expresses emotions by using different facial features.
Key Notes
- Understand how to identify and represent emotions in facial expressions through observation.
- Explore techniques to sketch and paint a base portrait capturing key features of expression.
- Begin to develop painting skills with a focus on colour mixing to accurately create skin tones.
Vocabulary To Learn
- proportion: how big or small parts of something are compared to each other
- hue: a particular shade or tint of a colour
- colour mixing: adding two or more colours together to create a mixed colour
- skin tone: the colour of a person's skin
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Faces are symmetrical and all proportions should fit to set guidelines.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Understand how to identify and represent emotions in facial expressions through observation. Explore techniques to sketch and paint a base portrait capturing key features of expression.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'proportion'
how big or small parts of something are compared to each other.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Faces are symmetrical and all proportions should fit to set guidelines. Correction: Most faces are asymmetrical with different proportions. Guidelines for drawing faces give only a rough estimation of where features might be placed, and will differ for each person, as we are all unique.
More Lessons In This Unit
- Analyse a facial expression through drawing Study Guide
- Digital photography: creating a series of facial expression photographs Study Guide
- Drawing: use tone and colour for facial expressions Study Guide
- Investigate facial expressions in portraits Study Guide
- Painting: finalising a facial expression painting Study Guide
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