Class 6 Arts (Kriti-I) Chapter 3, Portraying People, teaches facial proportions, portrait sketching, expression studies from Indian art history, and how clothing, headgear and posture communicate social roles and professions.
What Class 6 Art Chapter 3 Covers
Making Portraits & Studying Art History (Activities 1–2) draws portraits of classmates by observing facial symmetry, eye-nose-ear spacing and hairstyles, then combines everyone’s sketches into a collaborative class portrait while studying how Indian sculptures and paintings depict human faces.
‘I Want to Be…’ & Clothes and Roles (Activities 3–4) visualises future aspirations through self-portraiture and examines how diverse regional attires, uniforms and work tools reflect people’s livelihoods and cultural identities.
Drawing a partner: Activity 1 starts with the shape of the face (circle, oval, egg or rounded rectangle), then the eyes, nose, eyebrows, lips, chin and ears, paying attention to the gap between the eyes and from hairline to eyebrows. The cut-out portraits are pasted together into a class group portrait.
The Buddha across the ages: the chapter compares images of the Buddha and Bodhisattva in the Gandhara and Mathura styles of the Kushan period, the Sarnath style of the Gupta period, Ajanta, and the Thangka style, and asks you to spot how faces and features change from one style to the next.
Exercises in Chapter 3
- Studio Activities, step-by-step creative exercises, and peer/self-reflection prompts.
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FAQ
What key facial proportions should you observe when drawing a portrait?
Observe the overall head shape, the horizontal alignment of the eyes near the middle of the head, the space between the eyes, the distance from eyebrows to nose tip, and the alignment of the ears between the eyebrows and nose base.
How do clothes and props help tell a story in a portrait?
Uniforms, traditional textiles, headgear and tools immediately communicate a person’s occupation, region, climate and cultural role within society.
What is a portrait?
An artwork focused on a person’s face, head, neck and shoulders, though it may include more of the body.