Introduction

The subject of this lesson is 'Teen artists'.

The medieval and renaissance painters they needed the patronage of someone rich and famous. This person (a royal or a noble) would pay them to produce commissioned artworks. So making a living from being an artist was not easy.

However, now in the 21^st century, things are different. The cost of materials is much more affordable and it probably won’t be a king or queen who buys your work! In fact, if you have social media, you can easily show people your work.

In this next section we look at a teenage artist and look at the phenomena of the social media and the promotion of art.

This lesson contains 3 steps and an evaluation. Work them through step by step.

Step	Activity
	Introduction	Find out what you already know.
Step 1	Writing	Answer the questions to two images.
Step 2	Reading	Read text A and do exercise A. OR: Read text B and do exercise B. Compare answers with a classmate.
Step 3	Task	'Discover' an artist on Instagram and write in 200 words a review.
	Evaluation	Reflecting on what you have learned.

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