Starter quiz
- Which of these tools would you use to add colour to a drawing?
- rubber
- paintbrush ✓
- ruler
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- When drawing a portrait, we start by drawing the shape of the ______ before adding eyes, nose, and mouth.
- body
- face ✓
- hands
- ears
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- When drawing a portrait, we use a ______ to make light lines that can be erased if we need to change them.
- rubber
- paintbrush
- pencil ✓
- pen
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- What is a 'profile portrait'?
- a portrait from a front view
- a portrait from a side view ✓
- a portrait from a back view
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Exit quiz
- When drawing a face, it’s important to remember that the eyes are usually in the ______ of the face.
- middle ✓
- top
- side
- bottom
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- Which of these can help us make a portrait look more realistic?
- using very dark lines only
- shading light and dark areas ✓
- drawing only one side of the face
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- Match each portrait technique to why we use it.
- light sketching⇔helps to fix mistakes easily ✓
- shading⇔makes the drawing look realistic ✓
- lines and shapes⇔to build up parts of a drawing ✓
- Put these steps for drawing a realistic profile portrait in the correct order.
- 1⇔Lightly sketch the shape of the head and neck.
- 2⇔Add features like the eye, nose, and mouth with different lines and shapes.
- 3⇔Shade the face to add light and dark areas.
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- There are different proportions when drawing a face.
- A profile portrait can be drawn using different lines and shapes.
- Sketching using light lines helps mistakes to be corrected easily.
- Shading light and dark areas of the face makes a portrait look realistic.
Common misconception
Pupils may think that the eyes are drawn towards the top of the face.
The eyes are halfway between the top of the head and the chin.
Keywords
Proportion - how big or small parts of something is compared to each other
Sketching - making quick and simple drawings to show ideas or the things we see
Shading - drawn marks to show areas of light and dark
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