Starting the school year off with school-wide self portraits. It was a customary first big project.
Over the course of my career I’ve come up with some creative ways to keep it fun, engaging, and educational.
Life Size Self Portraits with Kindergarten
4th grade shading with colored pencil
studying facial proportions with mirror, 4th grade
1st grade self portrait collage. Using a variety of materials and tools to cut, build, and assemble.
frontal view and profile view portraiture
Picasso , cubism portraiture , 5th grade
Drawing from a model, action poses, Keith Haring artist study, 2nd grade
Monochrome portraiture, mixing tints and shades with black and white (unfinished work in progress painting) 3rd grade
Silhouette Portraiture (using a light source to capture the profile via bold shadow ) , 1st grade