Principles of art: proportion
I can create a drawing using proportions and distort them for effect.
Principles of art: proportion
I can create a drawing using proportions and distort them for effect.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Proportion in Western art is the size and relation of different parts in a piece of art to each other
- Western ideas of proportion can aid in drawing mathematically and accurately, but they can embed ideas of the 'norm'
- Rules of proportion change depending on the culture
- We can play with proportion to create new ways of looking at a subject
Keywords
Proportion - the way different sized elements relate to each other
Stylised - drawn or made in a special way that changes how it usually looks, to fit a certain style.
Stereotype - a simple (and often incorrect) idea or image of what all people from a particular group are like.
Common misconception
Proportions are set rules and always apply
Proportions are relative to the unique form you are observing. They relate to the different sizes of the different parts but may be different for each person, place or object
Equipment
Pencil, paper, glue, scissors, magazines, ruler, rubber
Licence
Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.What does a portrait usually show?
Q2.Scale in art means ...
Q3.How do you compose an image?
Q4.Adjusting the scale of an artwork can ...
Q5.Who is the audience for art?
Q6.What do we call a collage assembled out of photographs?
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.What does proportion refer to in art?
Q2.What is a distorted portrait?
Q3.Match the term to its definition.
Made in a way that changes how it looks, usually for effect
Oversimplified idea about groups, often incorrect
Individual characteristics
Artwork that depicts a person
Size relationships between parts