Sample work Visual Arts Year 11: activity 2 portraiture – painting

Description of activity

Students will:

• through the structural frame explore compositional devices such as proportion, pose and placement as basis for developing an artmaking practice in drawing and painting
• generate a portrait of a person of significance to them to develop as subject matter for painting with an accompanying artist’s statement
• develop a practice in painting focused on the use of stylization and textural surfaces informed by an understanding of the painting practice of Ben Quilty.

Context

The students have been exploring proportion, stylization and surface texture in drawing and painting with an emphasis on material practice.

Outcomes

• P1: explores the conventions of practice in artmaking
• P3: identifies the frames as the basis of understanding expressive representation through the making of art
• P4: investigates subject matter and forms as representations in artmaking
• P6: explores a range of material techniques in ways that support artistic intentions

Criteria for assessing learning

Students will be assessed on their ability to:

• through the structural frame develop a material practice in painting demonstrating the use of stylization, textural paint surfaces and knowledge of proportion
• work towards resolution and refinement of a body of work
• use the VAPD to document and evaluate their artmaking practice
• develop an artist’s statement that offers an explanation of their material practice