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Year 7 - Portraiture and Clay Work Unit

( if you miss the lesson for any reason you should still complete both classwork and homework)

Lesson 1

Classwork : Watch the Portrait Proportions Worksheet Guidance video below. Then produce a copy of the Portrait Proportions Worksheet. This will enable you to show an accurate understanding of the proportions of the human head and also show you can present the information in an accurate and precise way.

Remember the video demonstration shows that students do not need to copy the three skull drawings and skull written work.

Photographs will also be taken of students in readiness for the portrait clay sculpture.

Portrait Proportions Worksheet Guidance

The most common mistakes pupils make and loose marks are,
1. Not spending enough time doing an accurate heading and adding colour neatly
2. Not writing in pen and using guidelines
3. Getting the proportions of the head 'on the wrong lines'
4.Producing a sketch rather than an accurate 'line drawing'

Homework : Complete the Portrait Proportions Worksheet. Below are examples of completed worksheets so that students can judge the relevant standard of their work.

Lesson 2

Classwork : Students will also be given a sheet of pictures of eyes, noses, mouths and ears (students with access to a printer may alternatively wish to collect their own pictures).

Watch the Drawing Facial Features Demonstration video. Split the next page in your sketchbook into four (as described in the video) and produce a highly detailed drawing of an eye. You are only drawing an eye this week.

Homework : Complete the eye drawing only. Also for those of you wanting to achieve an 11 or even a 12 out of 10, the Hyper-Realistic Eye Drawing video below shows you how.

Lesson 3

Classwork : Students watch the ‘Portrait Pottery Sculpture 1’ video below. There is a discussion about working with clay, including classroom expectations and health & safety considerations.

The aim of this lesson is to model the basic shape of the head and start the eyes.

Portrait Pottery Sculpture 1

Homework : Watch the ‘Mouth Drawing Demonstration Video’ below and complete the mouth drawing. Students should aim for an increase level of detail from the eye drawing, especially the fine creases in the skin on the lips.

Students must also bring in a newspaper for the next lesson.

Lesson 4

Classwork : Students watch the ‘Portrait Pottery Sculpture 2’ video below.

The aim of this lesson is complete modelling the eyes and start the nose, mouth, cheeks, chin and eyebrows. These features will take most student two lessons to complete.

Portrait Pottery Sculpture 2

Homework : Students should already have drawn the eye and mouth on one page. On the next page in sketchbooks again the page split into four (but this time I suggest you use it in a portrait/upright format).

Students watch the Nose Drawing Demonstration video below. They then produce a highly detailed drawing of a nose (in front view) from a photograph and present these next to one another in your book.

Lesson 5

Classwork : Students aim to complete modelling the facial features such as the nose, mouth, cheeks, chin and eyebrows. it may be advisable for some students to re-watch the ‘Portrait Pottery Sculpture 2’ from Lesson 4.

Homework : Students watch the Ear Drawing Demonstration video below. They then produce a highly detailed drawing of a ear (on the same page as the nose drawing from last lesson).

Lesson 6

Classwork : Students watch the ‘Portrait Pottery Sculpture 3’ video below.

The aim of this lesson is complete modelling the clay sculpture, including the hair, ears and other facial details. This may take many students a future lesson to complete.

Portrait Pottery Sculpture 3

The lesson should also be used to discuss the high quality examples shown below, as well as the homework option for students to take their clay sculpture home to work on.

**EXCELLENCE** - Great overall modelling skills, including smooth blending of the clay and details (although the sculpture on the right doesn’t look as good in the picture as in real life)

**EXCELLENCE** - Excellent modelling, smooth blending of the clay, and excellent hair and moustache detail

**EXCELLENCE** - Very good modelling, great hair work and smooth blending of the clay good enough for excellence

**SECURE+** - Good modelling and smooth blending of the clay, needs a little more detail in the hair and lips for an excellence

**SECURE+** - Good modelling, although the noses are a little big and hair could be more detailed

**SECURE** - Good modelling, although the eyes look a little close together, and most of the facial feature could have a little more detail

Homework : No homework. Next lesson is the last lesson for clay work so students may wish to take their clay sculpture home to work on. They already have a box but will need extra clay and some dry clay to make ‘slip’. Students may take home one clay modelling tool but not a knife. See the video below (from the 2mins 30sec point) on how to make ‘slip’ at home.

Lesson 7

Classwork : This is a DIRT lesson when students aim to complete or improve modelling the clay sculpture, including the hair, ears and other facial details. It may be advisable for some students to re-watch the ‘Portrait Pottery Sculpture 3’ from Lesson 6.

Also, at some point during the lesson, introduce and explain the ‘Collage/Painting Project’.

Collage Painting Introduction

Homework : Collect items for your collage. You should have the following,

2 animal silhouettes printed on A4 paper (so each are approx. A5 size)
6-8 man-made objects (sweet packets and wrappers with big lettering) - this year student will stick down just 3 man-made objects
2-3 natural objects (such as leaves) - this year students will stick down just 1 natural object

Remember you must draw and paint whatever it is you collect and stick down as part of your collage.