Art

Explore ideas about self-portraits; investigate and use drawing and painting materials and techniques to communicate their ideas about themselves in a self-portrait; say what they think and feel about their own and others' work; suggest ways of improving their own work

Teaching Activities

Smartboard Resource

Lesson Plan (edu.dudley.gov.uk)

Painting using an Interactive Whiteboard
Use an interactive white board to create electronic paintings. Children take photos of each other using a digital camera and their images are put onto the board. They use their fingers to apply paint to modify their image.

Key Stage 1 Project Using a Digital Camera
Infant children use digital photography paint software and paper to develop an art and design project on self portraiture.
Download a PDF version of this project from www.drumcroon.org.uk

Websites

Draw a Self Portrait arts.ufl.edu	What is a Portrait? Introduction to Portraits	Examples of Completed Portraits hitchams.suffolk.sch.uk

Mr Picasso Head Create your very own Picasso portrait! mrpicassohead.com	Picasso Style Self Portraits

The National Portrait Gallery www.npg.org.uk	Face proportions An online drag and drop activity www.sanford-artedventures.com

Examples of Self Portraits by various artists
www.artlex.com

Starbeck.com
Images to support this unit

Worcestershire's - The Digital Palette (UK)
Examples of work for this unit

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