A PowerPoint for KS3 Boys about Portraiture and Self-Identity

1. Portraiture and Self
Identity

2. Learning Objectives
 To know more about various male artists who
explore portraiture and self-identity
 To understand how to create your own portraits that
reflect your self-identity inspired by the artists we
have looked at
 To be able to use the materials provided accurately
and effectively

3. What can a portrait convey
 Personality
 Emotions such as happy and thoughtful
 Skill
 Accuracy
 Experiences
 Qualities such as patience, kindness, understanding

4. ARTISTS
 CHUCK CLOSE
 DAVID HOCKNEY
 CHRIS OFILI
 REMBRANDT HARMENSZOON VAN RIJN

5. Chuck Close
 Chuck Close is an American portrait painter who became famous for his
massive scale photorealist paintings
 He is highly focused and meticulously creates his paintings to look exactly like a
photograph. He often uses a grid on the photo and copies it cell by cell
 He uses his own creative techniques (such as various shapes in the painting on
the left) whilst creating highly accurate works and really capturing his
personality

6. Chris Ofili
 Chris Ofili is an English African Portrait painter.
 His travels to USA, Trinidad, Zimbabwe and Spain have influenced how he creates his pieces of art
 His Portraits are lively, bold and colourful
 He has been inspired by the Bible, hip-hop, Zimbabwean Cave paintings and the artist William Blake.
 He uses dots, bold blocks of colour and bring his personality and experiences into his portraits to
show his self identity

7. Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
• Rembrandt is a Dutch painter
• He captures light and dark (chiaroscuro) successfully in his portraits
• His qualities such as sincerity, empathy and kindness are expressed
very accurately and this is shown in one of his classical paintings
with his high attention to detail
• The Bible was a huge inspiration as well as his life experiences.
• He melded the material and spiritual worlds in his paintings.
Furthermore he included various objects that inspired him into his
works of art

8. David Hockney
• David Hockney is a British artist who creates detailed portraits and is
inspired by music when he creates his works of art to show his self identity.
• He uses acrylic and oil paints to create his realistic skin tones and captures
his personality and character in his expressions
• He creates depth and realism from the use of shading and drawing in
proportion

9.  Which artist style do you like the most and why…

10. How to draw in proportion
 “All drawing is a constant balance between your observation, your
concentration, your judgement and your technique… It is this close observation
that will take your drawing to the next level.” ~Artist

11. Techniques

12. Mixing Skin Tones:
Basic Light Pallet
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•Mix lots of white with a little
yellow and a touch of red
•Add a dot of blue to cool
down the colour
•To create shadows mix
brown with red, yellow,
white and a touch of black

13. Basic Dark Pallet
 Warm tones = Yellow, Brown
and Red.
 Cool tones=
Yellow, Brown and Blue
 To create highlights mix
yellow and white with a
touch of brown and red
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14. ACTIVITY
 Considering the artists we have looked at how would
you portray yourself and identity in your own self-
portrait.
 Which style and materials would you choose to create
your own portrait
 Choose one Artist style that we have looked at that
inspires you and start drawing out your portrait.
 You can bring your own creative techniques into your
portrait.
 Use the materials provided
 (Play background music)

15. PLENARY
 What has been successful and why
 What would you do differently and how