Learning From the News – Diamond Jubilee: A Portrait of the Queen
Lesson plan – Diamond Jubilee: A Portrait of the Queen: Art and Design
Useful links and Teachers TV links
Video image copyright details
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Lesson Plan: Diamond Jubilee: A Portrait of the Queen
Lesson overview: Pupils will look at different styles of portraiture and then create their
own
Key Stage 3 Art and Design 2.1a: Explore and create
Objectives
Outcomes
Pupils will learn to:
Pupils should learn:
 develop ideas and intentions by working from first-hand
 more about the art
observation, experience, inspiration, imagination and other
of portraiture
sources (2.1a)
Resources
 Video lesson starter: http://www.teachers.tv/videos/diamond-jubilee-a-portrait-of-thequeen
 A whiteboard to show the video on
 Art materials and paper
 Optional: Digital cameras/printers
Starter
 Whole class activity: Show the video http://www.teachers.tv/videos/diamond-jubileea-portrait-of-the-queen
 While they are watching, ask the pupils to look closely at the portraits of the queen
and describe the style of two of their favourites. Show the video again, or pause it, to
give them a chance to do this
 Talk, as a class, about the different styles of the portraits of the queen. Which ones
did the pupils like the best? Why? What kind of statements were the artists trying to
make?
Main Activity
 Whole class activity: Talk about portraiture. What do the pupils understand about it?
Explain to them that we can let go of preconceived ideas when constructing a portrait.
Using the examples in the video, talk about how we can tell a story with a portrait.
You can show more examples to make it easier, see the links on page 2 of this lesson
plan (use pictures from places like the National Portrait Gallery)
 Pair work/Independent activity: Either put the pupils in pairs, or allow them to take a
digital photograph of themselves. Ask the pupils to think about how they want to do
the portrait and what kind of detail they want to include or what materials to use
before they begin. If they are working in pairs, get them to take it in turns to pose for
the portrait
Plenary
 Plenary: Ask some of the pupils to share their work. Get the other pupils to critique
them by saying two things they like about the portrait and one way it can be improved
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Useful links
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www.npg.org.uk/
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http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=6043084
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http://www.artyfactory.com/portraits/
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http://www.tes.co.uk/taxonomySearchResults.aspx?keywords=Self-portrait
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http://www.historyonthenet.com/Lessons/elizabeth1/eliz1plan.htm
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http://www.tate.org.uk/
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http://www.nsead.org/home/index.aspx
Related Teachers TV Videos
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http://www.teachers.tv/videos/the-portrait
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http://www.teachers.tv/videos/ks1-ks2-art-drawing-self-portraits
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http://www.teachers.tv/videos/ks3-art-artist-teachers
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Video image copyright details
Queen Elizabeth II
Dorothy Wilding, 1952
Chlorobromide print, 290 x 215 mm
National Portrait Gallery, London (P870(5))
© William Hustler and Georgina Hustler/ National Portrait Gallery, London
Queen Elizabeth II
Dorothy Wilding (Hand-coloured
by Beatrice Johnson), 1952
Hand-coloured bromide print, 316 x 248 mm
National Portrait Gallery, London (x125105)
© William Hustler and Georgina Hustler/ National Portrait Gallery, London
Queen Elizabeth II, 1969
Pietro Annigoni
Oil on panel, 1981 x 1778 mm
National Portrait Gallery, London (4706)
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Queen Elizabeth II
Eve Arnold, 1968
Cibachrome print, 432 x 295 mm
National Portrait Gallery, London (P520)
© Eve Arnold / Magnum Photos
The Queen
Justin Mortimer, 1998
Oil on canvas, 1350 x 1350 mm
The RSA
© Justin Mortimer
The RSA
Lightness of Being, 2007
By Chris Levine
Print on lightbox
© Chris Levine
Courtesy of Mr Kevin P.Burke and the Burke Children. Private Collection.
National Gallery Complex, Edinburgh 25 June–18 Sept 2011
National Museums Northern Ireland 14 October 2011–15 Jan 2012
National Museum Cardiff 4 February – 29 April 2012
National Portrait Gallery, London 17 May – 21 Oct 2012
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