Welcome to the Art Room of
Clifton Hill Primary School in
Melbourne Australia
Art Teacher: Gina Grant
Lesson: Self- Portraits
Medium: Crayola Portfolio Crayons
Grade: Four
Personal Mandala Lesson
Wayne Thiebaud Pop Art Lesson
Harmony Totems
From Gina: "I thought you would like to look
at some of my fourth and fifth grade self portraits. I had them look
into a small mirror and then with a permanent marker draw their faces
starting with their eyebrows and eyes, nose then mouth and then hair and
jaw line. I photocopied their work onto cartridge paper and then got
them to put words into one, describing themselves in someway. Some chose
to repeat one word, others repeated some words or phrases, some told
stories. The words traveled around the paper, up and down (one Asian boy
did it like that), in spirals and so on. These works went into their
class portfolios. The other work was fully coloured in with portfolio
crayons from Crayola. They had to include at least three colours in
their faces (highlight, shadows and mid) and could rub the colours in or
use water to make it look quite painterly. The grade 4 students spent
one session just playing with the Portfolios to understand how to use
them."
