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Lesson 5: Mixed-media portraits

Concluding their investigation of portraits by evaluating ideas and giving feedback, then creating finished self-portraits in their chosen materials.
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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

1. Recap and recall

Display the Presentation: Fact tennis. Ask the children to work with a partner and take turns to present a fact about changing their self-portraits from the last lesson. Answers could include:

  • How to create an atmosphere.

  • Trying different compositions.

  • How to use more or less of the photo.

  • What the effect of colour has on their self-portrait?

  • How they can communicate something about themselves in their self-portrait.

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Example work

St Joseph's Primary School, Bracknell
St Joseph's Primary School, Bracknell
St Joseph's Primary School, Bracknell
Rosary RC Primary School, Birmingham
Rosary RC Primary School, Birmingham
Rosary RC Primary School, Birmingham
Rosary RC Primary School, Birmingham
Montem Academy, Slough
Montem Academy, Slough
Montem Academy, Slough
Montem Academy, Slough
Montem Academy, Slough

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