Painting a portrait with colour and feeling

Art and design

Layers and symbols: surface, texture and identity

Patterns in medieval art

Raised portraits: representation through dots and relief

Made in collaboration with October Gallery, in this unit pupils express personal identity through portraiture, material, memory and imagination. Pupils create textured paintings, symbolic surfaces, close-up feature portraits, and expressive self-maps that combine journey and face.

Charting self: exploring portrait and identity

Paint can be used to explore place, memory or ...

A black outline to make features stand out

A thin, watery layer of paint to add tone or mood

Using a colour wash can change how a portrait ...

Using a small amount of something on purpose

What does the word “restraint” mean in art?

A portrait must look exactly like a real person to be meaningful.

A portrait is only good if it’s neat and realistic.

Portraits can show emotion, memory, or story, even if they don’t look realistic.

Portraits are just for showing famous people.

Which statement is true about portraits in art?

Which of these helps show emotional tone in a portrait?

Which of these is **not** a painting material?

Artists sometimes use __________ to show different feelings.

Which of these colours is a primary colour?

What do artists often use to mix paint colours?

Starter Quiz

What is a portrait usually a picture of?