• Essay question:
• Opening quote
• Introduction (250-500 words): What is your area study? Which artists will you be analysing and why? . How will you be responding to their work and essay question?
• Pg 1 (500 words): Historical/ theoretical context within art, photography and visual culture relevant to your area of study. Make links to art movements/ isms and some of the methods employed by critics and historian. 
• Pg 2 (500 words): Analyse first artist/photographer in relation to your essay question. Present and evaluate your own images and responses.
• Pg 3 (500 words): Analyse second artist/photographer in relation to your essay question. Present and evaluate your own images and responses.
• Conclusion (250-500 words): Draw parallels, explore differences/ similarities between artists/photographers and that of your own work that you have produced
• Bibliography: List all relevant sources used

Structure plan

Introduction

• 250-500 words
• Opening quote
• lead with my initial idea for the project and personalise it to my experience. Introduce the artists I will be analysing with a brief summary of why I chose them.

Paragraph 1

• 500 words
• Talk about the history of tattooing, including the value of the art to cultures to lead in Jono Rotman.
• History of portraiture, including dates and locations of where this medium was first seen.

Paragraph 2

• 500 words
• Analysis of Jono Rotman’s relevant project, including his own heritage, background context on the Mongrel mob.
• include quotes from critiques and comment on them, either supporting them or going against them.
• Choose one image from the project to analyse

Paragraph 3

• 500 words
• Analysis of Danny Alexander’s relevant project.
• Comment on quotes from critiques and Alexander himself.
• Choose one image from the project to analyse.

Conclusion

• 250-500 words
• Comment on similarities and differences between the two artists
• Relate points made to the historical context
• My work in relation to the artists (similarities/differences)

Possible essay questions:

How does Richard Todd and Danny Alexander use portraiture to represent different identities?

How does Richard Todd and Danny Alexander use portraiture to explore a persons identity?

How is intimacy created in the work of….

Can personality and identity be expressed in a portrait?

How does Richard Todd and Danny Alexander use and manipulate lighting to emphasise focus?

How to reference: Harvard system of referencing

Wolf, N (2007). Romanticism Koln ; Taschen

In text referencing ‘I did not paint to be understood, but I wished to show what such scene is like’ (Wolf, 2007, p7)