Assessment Task 1 Student resource slide show

1. Who am I
Self-portraits – Student
resources

2. What we will be
learning
• Welcome to your visual arts topic….
Self-Portraits
This is an independent learning activity for you
to create a self-portrait. Your portrait will be
inspired by the work of a chosen artist in the
style of a chosen art movement; that we will
learn about together.

3. Word Wall
• Genre
• Theme
• Tone
• Colour
• Focus
• Shape
• Texture
• Line
• Impressionist
• Cubism
• Surrealist
• Pop art
• Expressionist
• Realist
• Modern art

4. What is a self-
portrait?
Much like a selfie, self-portraits are images an
artist has made of themselves.
While some self-portraits look so
much like the artist they could be a
photo.
Some self-portraits don’t look like
the artist at all!

5. Key artists we will be investigating
Andy
Warhol
Salvador
Dali
Frieda
Kahlo
Picasso
Vincent
van Gogh
Edvard
Munch

6. Andy Warhol
Pop Art
Title: Six Self Portraits
Artist: Andy Warhol
Year produced: 1987
Medium: Ink on canvas (photography and screen
printing)
Andy Warhol was famous for many of his self-
portraits. He used photographs he took of himself
and then altered them by using a screen print.
Pop art gets its name from its use of popular images.
It can be identified by its use of repeated images and
use of often bright colours.

7. Frida Kahlo
Folk art/Surrealism
Title: Self-portrait with monkey
Artist: Frida Kahlo
Year produced: 1938
Medium: Oil on canvas
Some people consider Frida Kahlo to be a surrealist,
she however did not. Kahlo was a mostly self-taught
artist and national historical figure in Mexico. Her art
is described as Mexican folk art and she is renowned
for her self-portraits.
Look closely at the similaries and differences
between Kahlo and Dali. What do you notice?

8. Salvador Dali
Surrealist
Title: Soft Self-Portrait with Grilled Bacon
Artist: Salvador Dali
Year produced: 1941
Medium: Oil on canvas
Surrealist art creates confusing scenes of uncommon
imagery to expresses the artists ideas. Many
surrealist paintings are made to look so real they
could be photographs, if their images weren’t so
strange.

9. Vincent van Gogh
Post-impressionist
Title: Self-portrait
Artist: Vincent van Gogh
Year produced: 1889
Medium: Oil on canvas
Post-impressionism uses unnatural use of vivid
colour and light along with think application of oils
to present somewhat distorted images.

10. Edvard Munch
Expressionism
Title: Self-portrait
Artist: Edvard Munch
Year produced: 1896
Medium: Lithograph (ink printing)
Expressionism is a way to present an distorted image
from a perspective designed to evoke emotions or
ideas.

11. Pablo Picasso
Expressionism
Title: Autoportrait
Artist: Pablo Picasso
Year produced: 1907
Medium: Oil on canvas
Picasso was renowned for his evolution of style. He
was know for surrealism, expressionism, and was a
co-founding artist for the cubist movement.
Expressionism is a way to present an distorted image
from a perspective designed to evoke emotions or
ideas.

12. My tasks - checklist
 Task 1- Choose two art movements and an artist from each
to investigate for task 2. (Lesson 1)
 Task 2.1 – Research my two art movements and artists to
decide which one I will influence the design of my own self-
portrait. Complete worksheet ‘Famous Self-Portraits’.
(Lesson 2-3)
 Task 2.2 – Plan/draft my own self-portrait (Lesson 2-3)
 Task 3.1 – Create my self-portrait in the style of, or
justifiable influenced by, my chosen art movement and
artist. (Lesson 3-4)
 Task 3.2 – Provide justification for the creation of my self-
portrait using specialised language and key terms. (Lesson
3-4)
 Task 4 – Provide feedback to at least one peer on their self-
portrait (Lesson 3-4)

13. Famous Self- Portraits
What do you know about the time period of the art movement you
have chosen?
Describe a painting by your chosen artist from your chosen art movement using the key words
listed above.
What features/techniques are common in portraits from your chosen
art movement?
What artists are known to have produced art during your chosen
movement?
Key words:
Circle your art
movement
Impressionist
Cubism
Surrealist
Pop art
Expressionist
Realist
Modern art
Narrow down your two art movements and artists from
task 1 until you have chosen which will be the influence
for your own self- portrait.
After completing the ‘Famous Self-Portraits’ research
worksheet on your chosen art movement and artist
begin planning for your own self-portrait.
Planning could be:
• Writing a list of ideas
• Drafting a series of images
• Creating a collage of ideas

14. Artist: Reviewer:
My favourite part of the artwork was…
Something I didn’t like/understand was…
How/why did you…?
When I saw your artwork, I thought…
Peer feedback

15. Assessment checklist
 I have thoroughly explained how ideas/feelings/concepts/identity
are represented in artworks
I have thoroughly described the influences of artists and art
movements from different times and places on my own art
I have effectively used visual conventions to express my point of
view/feelings.
I have effectively demonstrated the techniques of my chosen
artist/art movement in my planning and execution
I have thoroughly described how displaying art can change and
enhance the meaning for an audience

16. Example assessment
Justification
The inspiration for my self-portrait was the Pop Art movement, in particular
Pop artist Andy Warhol. I didn’t use the bright colours that are often seen in
Pop Art works because it didn’t reflect the tone of my portrait.
I used the same image repeated a number of times and I had them mirror.
Pop art is know for its smooth line and symmetrical shapes which I
attempted to copy in my self-portrait.
Unlike Andy Warhol, I used the popular Japanese art style of Manga to draw
myself rather than use a photograph to keep within the pop culture theme.