Starter quiz
- A facial __________ is the appearance of the face that shows feelings and emotions
- experiment
- experience
- expression ✓
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- Which facial feature often changes shape with different emotions?
- Ears
- Nose
- Mouth ✓
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- What might a raised eyebrow indicate?
- Surprise or curiosity ✓
- Sadness
- Tiredness
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- What shape is often used as a base for drawing faces?
- Oval ✓
- Square
- Triangle
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- A __________ representation of something is accurate and true to life.
- exaggerated
- expressive
- realistic ✓
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- Analysing something means …
- breaking it apart into smaller parts
- examining it in greater detail to understand it better ✓
- starting a sketch with the details first
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Exit quiz
- What is the first step in drawing a face?
- Drawing the overall shape of the face ✓
- Adding shading
- Sketching the mouth
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- How might you show happiness in a portrait drawing?
- Draw a frown
- Draw a smile ✓
- Draw a straight line
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- What effect does changing the line weight have on a sketch?
- It adds colour
- It emphasises emotion ✓
- It reduces detail
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- What is the role of proportion in sketching facial expressions?
- It adds colour
- It simplifies the drawing
- It makes it more realistic ✓
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- What is the purpose of analysing portraits in art?
- To count the number of features
- To understand how emotions are expressed ✓
- To decide if the artist has used a range of colours
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- What role does context or environment play in understanding facial expressions?
- It affects their meaning ✓
- It has no role
- It makes expressions uniform
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- The position of the eyebrows, mouth and eyes helps to identify emotions.
- Facial expressions convey emotions and can be captured through art.
- Understanding proportions and basic shapes of the face.
Common misconception
All types of smile indicate happiness in a person.
There are many nuances in smiles, such as a polite smile versus a genuine smile, which can convey different feelings.
Keywords
Emotion - A strong feeling such as happiness, sadness, or anger.
Feature - A part of the face like eyes, mouth, or nose.
Analyse - To examine something in detail to understand it better.
Detail - A small part of something that adds to its overall appearance.
Proportion - How big or small parts of something are compared to each other.
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