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Elizabethan Portraiture

This week, Year 4 explored Elizabethan portraiture through the lens of legendary Tudor artist Hans Holbein!

Vocabulary & Skills Spotlight:

Annotating Masterpieces: Labeling Holbein’s techniques, expressions, and symbolic details.

Colour Theory: Identifying primary and secondary colors used across Tudor portrait art.

Exploring Mediums: Testing different artistic mediums—combining sketching pencils, charcoal, and oil pastels to capture light, shadow, and texture.