Visual Arts 11 — Expressive clay portrait

Student gallery of artworks: and older works

All Expressive clay portrait unit booklets
unadapted — adapted — IPP — Arabic — Chinese — Farsi — Japanese — Korean — Spanish — Swahili — Tagalog — Ukrainian — Vietnamese

Expressive clay portrait presentations (for 1¼ hour classes)
Idea development:
  1. Clay portrait idea development 1
  2. Clay portrait idea development 2
  3. Clay portrait idea development 3
Skill builders:
  1. Clay Portrait: Skill builder 1
  2. Clay Portrait: Skill builder 2
Making the expressive clay portait:
  1. Clay portrait 1: General shape
  2. Clay portrait 2: Adding features
  3. Clay portrait 3: Detail and expression
  4. Clay portrait 4: Emotions and facial muscles
  5. Clay portrait 5: Emotions and facial muscles
  6. Clay portrait 6: Hair and skin texture
  7. Clay portrait 7: International art auctions
  8. Clay portrait 8: Intro to the exam project
  9. Clay portrait 9: International auction results
  10. Clay portrait 10: Clay/exam transition day
Master slides for expressive clay portrait
Exemplars and booklet cover
Expressive clay portrait gallery cover: Google Slides
Clay portrait examples from previous semesters: Google Slides
Building your expressive portrait step-by-step
Supporting materials
Expressive clay portrait evaluation: PDF — Google Slides

Portraits from art history: PDF — Google Slides — PNGs: page 1 2
Sculpted faces from art history: PDF — Google Slides — PNGs: page 1 2
Sculpted faces from art history - slides: Google slides

Image reference templates:
for gathering reference images for the expressive clay portrait

Facial expressions [pdf]
Handout: Facial expressions [pdf]
Sculpture time budget [pdf]
Handout: Sculpture time budget [pdf]
Peer feedback [pdf]
Handout: Peer feedback [pdf]
Portraiture techniques [ppt]
Presentation: Portraiture techniques [ppt]
Portraiture and mark-making [ppt]
Presentation: Portraiture and mark-making [ppt]
Facial Expressions [ppt]
Presentation: Facial Expressions [ppt]
Criteria and Vocabulary for the expressive clay portrait project handout versions
Art history topics during expressive clay portrait
Art history analysis [pdf]
Handout: Art history analysis [pdf]
  1. Dada
  2. Abstraction
  3. Modernism
  4. Pop