RIC-6584 Exploring Visual Art (Upper)

Roman helmet
DURATION
One lesson
TASK
Make a collage of a Roman helmet using paper.
Materials
✓✓ examples of profile portraits
✓✓ reference pictures of Roman helmets
✓✓ red card
✓✓ lead pencils
✓✓ erasers
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black card
silver and gold paper
scissors
glue
LESSON
1. Look at examples of profile portraits and discuss features of the side view of a face. If
necessary, model drawing a simple example.
2. The students then draw a profile on black card. Cut out the profile and glue it onto red card
leaving space at the top for a helmet.
3. Draw a helmet shape on the red card around the head after looking at stimulus pictures of
Roman helmets.
4. Cut out the helmet and face shape, leaving a thin margin of red card around the face.
5. Tear the gold paper into small pieces and glue onto the helmet, leaving the crest of the
helmet red.
6. Fringe the crest of the helmet by cutting lines some 3–4 mm apart.
7. Cut out and glue decorative patterns onto the gold helmet, using silver paper.
8. Draw an ear and eye shape on silver paper, cut out and glue onto the appropriate areas. To
complete the picture, glue a small black circle into the middle of the eye for the pupil. Allow
to dry.
Evaluation
Arts ideas Arts skills and processes Arts responses Arts in society
• Develops ideas
inspired by specific
historical attire.
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• Creates and
assembles a collage
of a particular
image.
• Responds to images
by making another
artwork.
• Understands that
there are different
types of portraiture.
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