Teaching and Learning Sequence
Task 2
Extending ideas using conventions appropriate to media and techniques
Note: It is intended that students will have knowledge and understanding of portraiture techniques from work undertaken in a previous standard. This may include sketching, drawing from projected photographs, photographing and working from photographs etc. Students may have specific studies of people or themselves suitable for use in this activity.
A) Extending ideas:
(1 A3 Page)
Individually students will utilise their knowledge of recording people from studies of portraits previous standard, or make new recording of themselves (or others depending on nature of L1 programme) to sketch out one A3 page of developmental ideas.
Students will draw 3-5 entire figures using drawing media and collage materials that may include photographs, paper, pen or graphite and include consideration of the following in note form:
- The pose or stance of the figure and where their weight is positioned
- The clothing that the figure is wearing or possible variations or other ideas that may be introduced by altering clothing
- The facial expression, angle and interaction with the viewer
- The actual size and scale of the figure
- How the figure will stand and balance
- What materials, techniques and technologies will need to be used
Planning and making should reflect the responses to Davies work from task 1. All recording should take place in the visual diary. A preliminary meeting between teacher and student may be useful as a checkpoint prior to beginning task 2B.
Time: 2-3 Hours
B) Maquette:
(Completion of 1 maquette approx 30cm in height)
A maquette is a small preliminary model made in preparation for a larger work and can be compared in its use to a thumbnail sketch. Students will individually complete a maquette as an opportunity to explore and evaluate:
- How specific materials may be manipulated
- How the materials function and facilitate balance etc.
- The process of transferring the 2 dimensional image into a 3 dimension free standing figure
- Possible use of the ‘paper-doll’ clothing idea as seen in the resource
- Any further materials, processes, techniques or solutions to inform task 2C
Students may require access to a projection device to achieve accuracy or to speed up process. A formative feedback session may be facilitated by the teacher and include students bringing together their Marquette for a work in progress critique and this may be photographically documented. Any problems for transferring work to life size scale may be noted down in the visual diary and adaptations made to final design.
Time: 4 hours
C) Full scale model
(1 full scale figure completed and photographed in context)
A range of materials may be suitable for use in this task. Consideration may be given to available space, safety, equipment access, cost, locally supplied materials etc. However, students will need access to rigid sheet type material up to 180cm in height to complete this task or develop a solution to joining materials together. Suitable materials for use may include: strong card, fine sheet metal such as aluminium or tin, hardboard etc.
A variety of tools for manipulating materials will be needed and may vary depending on the material selected. These may include: jigsaws, drills, blades,
Students will use their response to the final question in task one, which describes Davies process, to inform their own construction process. It may be necessary for students to work in pairs or to assist each other at certain stages of construction. A possible process or approach to construction:
- Final modifications from task 2B maquette are made
- Outline of full size figure is transferred on to large sheet material (using slide projector, OHP, data projector or similar)
- Figure is cut out using appropriate cutting tool for material
- The face is detailed to include expression using drawing media (such as graphite, ink etc)
- Stand is constructed using appropriate device (such as slots)
- ‘Clothing’ is constructed by drawing around full size figure, cut out and detailed
- Each student is responsible for installing their figure in selected contextual space
Time: 20 hours
