Pouncing a portrait

A more in depth educational session which could be done with families or in school. In the absence of mechanical or electronic copying, Tudors made copies of portraits by creating a dot-to-dot outline (pouncing) and then filling it in. As well as telling you how to do this, this resource also contains background information on the Cobbe portrait of William Shakespeare and a template for children to use to produce their own version. Venues with portraits or other works of art could easily recreate the template given here based on any number of artistic starting points.