Students view and describe portraits made by Jansen, discussing use of colour ,line, shape. View more info: https://prezi.com/huxyezp6dcjl/marten-jansen/
LEARNING INTENTIONS:
To learn about the Dutch artist Marten Jansen and his style of portraits
To explore using colour, shape and line to make an abstract Jansen style portrait.
SUCCEESS CRITERIA:
I can use describe the elements of art in a Marten Jansen portrait.
I can describe the artwork of Marten Jansen – colour, style, line, shape, mood.
I can use colour, line and shape to make a portrait in the style of Marten Jansen .
LEARNING ACTIVITIES:
Students view portraits by Marten Jansen. I just used “head shots”; some of his pieces are not suitable to use in primary school, eg. ‘Street walker’, ‘Solicitation’ for obvious reasons (Check out his work here: http://paintings.name/paintings.php)
Discuss different colour combinations to show emotion or create a mood. List and describe the elements of art used. Talk about various lines used (thick, thin, long, short), shapes (circle, triangles, organic shapes) and colour.
They could annotate one of his pictures individually, in a small group, or as a class.
Students work from a photo of themselves to make a line drawing. (I took photos of the students, edited them on Photoscape (like Photoshop) to change it into a line drawing, and then printed them on A3 cartridge paper. They then use colours, lines and shapes to fill it in using chalk pastels, (we used square blocks) using the edge, tip, side to produce various thickness and intensity of line. Blocks of colour can be used too, especially in the background.
Students reflect on their completed artworks.
WWW EBI (What Went Well / Even Better If ) Reflection Questions:
Did I fill the paper, leaving only a little or no empty/white space?
Did I use a variety of line thickness?
Did I use some shapes- geometric / organic?
Are the colours generally sharp, only blended or smudged in areas for an effect?
Primary School Art 