Year 9 – Autumn 1

To begin the year, year 9 looks to answer the question: What can a portrait say about us?

They begin by investigating some famous portraits to see what they can tell about the subject from the painting, before having a go at drawing their own portrait from feeling their face – no mirrors allowed!

Students then move to look at how text can be used within a portrait to offer more information. Students are introduced to mixed media artist Kenturah Davis whose work features a combination of text and mark making to create self-portraits, often on a large scale.

The students investigate text and how to create it from different mediums before finally spending time across multiple lessons creating a portrait broken down into squares and complemented with text.

Throughout year 9 students are encouraged to continue to develop their skills in evaluation and annotation.