Green Man portrait.

Year 8 students learnt about basic facial proportions.

Some groups used the myth of the Green Man
as a vehicle for the development of their
practical skills.

The Green Man is an ancient symbol used
to express man's relationship with nature.

Students worked imaginatively, combining
self-portraits with open mouths and different types
of foliage to create a Green Man composition.

They worked tonally with blended oil pastels in
contrasting colours.

In a related homework they made a gargoyle
soap carving. The classwork was extended into a
clay gargoyle and mechanical face.


Sophie Mitchell,
William de Ferrers School.

Key Stage 3. Year 8.
March 2006.

Oil pastel on A2 size paper.