Theme: Me, Myself, I. Group: Seniors (8–12 years)
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Title: The Selfie Collage
Aim: To create a self portrait collage in the context of modern technology
Lesson Objective: Students will be able to manipulate paper and gain an
understanding of layering, proportion and composition.
Materials
A3 Black or White Paper
(or 2 x A4 pages taped
together)
A4 coloured papers (skin,
hair and clothes colours of
your choice)
PVA Glue/ Pritt Stick/ Tape
Black Marker
Pencil
Eraser
Ruler
Glue spreader/ lollipop
Scissors
Key Words:
Shape – Layering – Composition -
Self Portrait
Theme: Me, Myself, I. Group: Seniors (8–12 years)
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Art elements used in this project:
In this project we will be discussing Composition and Shape.
Collage is a piece of art work that is created by cutting and tearing paper
Using basic shapes, like ovals for heads this collage activity shows how just a
few shapes and elements can come together to make a portrait. Students can
play with shape and colour to create a true Selfie portrait.
Theme: Me, Myself, I. Group: Seniors (8–12 years)
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Starter:
Teaching Aids
Look at the Teaching Aids and consider everyone’s individuality – shape of head, eyes, ears, hair, nose, lips, smile, clothing …. We should consider and celebrate the differences that makes us each unique. Do you want to choose realistic features or be wild – this might be the only time you will get to
dye your hair
Julian Opie
Reference Artist
Julian Opie is one of Britain’s leading contemporary artists and has been making portraits since the 1990s. Inspired by the world around him, Julian uses a bold style to record the people he sees, often reducing faces into simple shapes.
Shapes
Look at the Artzone teaching aids. Break the picture in to the shapes you can see in the face, neck, clothing, head and hair.
Theme: Me, Myself, I. Group: Seniors (8–12 years)
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Dimensions of the Head
Theme: Me, Myself, I. Group: Seniors (8–12 years)
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Method:
Stage 1
Pick a skin colour A4 page (If you don’t have a colour
page – just paint or colour a white page). Set it to
portrait.
Draw lightly an oval head shape making sure to fill the
sheet but leaving space for the hair above and neck
below in the bottom quarter of the page.
Put your hands behind your ears and feel where your
neck starts (behind your ears). Feel how wide your neck
is and how it curves into your shoulders (wide enough to
support your heavy head )
Draw in a neck shape also
Once drawn take a black marker and draw very carefully
over all your pencil lines.
Stage 2
Cut carefully around the outline of your head and neck
shape.
Stage 3
Choose an A4 white/yellow/brown or black sheet (any
colour) of paper for your hair. Set it to Landscape.
Lay the page behind your oval head and neck shape
Draw very lightly around your head shape to give you a
platform for your hair design
Theme: Me, Myself, I. Group: Seniors (8–12 years)
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Design a head of hair with pencil - use simple block
shapes. Look back at the Artzone Teaching Aids for
inspiration
Use a marker to go over all the pencil lines you have
drawn for your hair.
Use you scissors to cut out the hair, working closely
around the outline only.
Stage 4
Choose an A3 coloured background page (or 2 A4 sheets
taped together). Paint or colour your sheet if you only
have white.
Use a ruler to outline your working area of the A3
background page. Trim one ruler width (3cm) from the
top, left and right hand side of the page. Trim two ruler
widths (6cm) from the bottom of your page. Cut this out
Stage 5 Lets look at our composition!
Place the head and neck on the background. Remember
to leave space for the t-shirt at the bottom of the sheet.
Place the hair on top of the head.
DO NOT STICK ANYTHING DOWN YET
Stage 6 The shoulders and t-shirt
Place a piece of A5 coloured paper over the neck area and
measure out the shape of the shoulders / t-shirt.
Feel your shoulders and draw the hill shape of your
shoulders on the new page. Outline it again in marker.
Cut it out.
Theme: Me, Myself, I. Group: Seniors (8–12 years)
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Add details like a collar or emblem if they wish. Check
how the t-shirt will fit with your head and neck shapes.
Remember to leave some of the neck showing. Trim it if
necessary.
Now start to paste down your shapes. Use a small amount
of glue around the outline of the back of head. Spread the
glue and stick down your head.
Next glue and stick down the hair.
Then glue down your t-shirt shape aligned to the bottom
of the background page. Again trim if necessary.
Consider the dimensions of the head at this stage and
prepare for the placement of eyes, ears, nose and
mouth …
Your eye is a small oval shape. It is important to get the
size, space between your eyes and placement of the eyes
right for our artwork.
Stage 5 Face Features - The Eyes
Draw an oval eye shape on a folded piece of white paper.
Outline the eye shape on both sides of the paper in black
marker. Cut out the shape to give you two eyes.
What colour are your eyes? Fold a small piece of eye
colour paper in half. Draw a smaller round iris shaped
circle. Outline the irises with black market. Cut this out
to give you two irises.
Stick the irises onto the white eyes
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Use your black marker to draw in black pupils.
Consider the position of your eyes in relation to your
face, hair and neck.
Place and stick your eyes down.
Stage 7
Use left over skin colour paper to draw two semi-circle
ears. Again, look at the Artzone Head Guide and stick
your ears behind you hear and hair.
Draw in your nose outline with pencil. Highlight gently
with market if required
Stage 8
Consider the shape and positioning of the mouth and lips
1. Draw on mouth and lips
Or
2. Draw a flat ‘m’ shape line (like a flying bird) for the top
lip. Draw curved line up to meet the edge of your top
lip. This will create a bottom lip. Cut this out and stick
it down on the face.
Remember your mouth is the same width as the length of
your lips
Take an A3 piece of black paper use it as a frame for your
artwork. (you can use any colour or white if you don’t
have black)
Stick your artwork onto the top ¾ of the frame leaving
room for your #tag at the bottom
Theme: Me, Myself, I. Group: Seniors (8–12 years)
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Stage 11 - Lettering – look at the teaching aids (above).
Use a ruler to mark out 2 lines on your page that your
letters should fit between
Options:
- USE BLOCK CAPITALS to draw out your name, tag or
motto (we used ‘#NAME’, ‘#ART’ or ‘#CREATE’). Try
keep it short. or
- Print the Letter Templates below and cut out the
letters to make up your #. or
- Print Template 4 with the pre-cooked #ART or
#CREATE
Stage 12
Cut out the letters and place on the bottom of the page
For the hashtag you can simply cut out for strips of paper
and lay them across each other and glue them down
Or
Print and cut out the # from the templates below
Stage 13
Glue down the lettering
Outline any details of the face, head or t-shirt in marker
that you may have missed.
Consider adding details like a hat or background or earring
….
Stay Safe, Stay Positive and Stay Creative.
Please post your finished work on Facebook or Instagram!
Theme: Me, Myself, I. Group: Seniors (8–12 years)
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Theme: Me, Myself, I. Group: Seniors (8–12 years)
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Theme: Me, Myself, I. Group: Seniors (8–12 years)
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Theme: Me, Myself, I. Group: Seniors (8–12 years)
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