Portraiture and Identity · Portraiture

Caricature and Stylization

Exploring how artists like Picasso or Daumier exaggerated features for effect.

Key Questions

  1. 1Why might an artist choose to make a face look unrealistic?
  2. 2How does exaggeration change the way we feel about a person in a portrait?
  3. 3At what point does a portrait stop looking like a person and become an abstract shape?

National Curriculum Attainment Targets

KS2: Art and Design - Drawing and Portraiture
Year: Year 3
Subject: Art and Design
Unit: Portraiture and Identity
Period: Portraiture

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