Lesson: Self- Portraits
Medium: Crayola Portfolio Crayons
Grade: Four
Personal Mandala Lesson
Wayne Thiebaud Pop Art Lesson
 
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."
 
contour
portrait
with
words
using
complimentary colors for
highlights and shadows
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| From Gina: I have
worked with grade 4 and 5 students on creating self-portraits by looking
into small mirrors and drawing what they see with permanent markers.
They may take some time getting used to the idea that they cannot rub
out but if they do it slowly (I repeat, slowly) and start with the eyes,
eyebrows, nose, mouth, hairline, ears, jaw and chin, then neck and
shoulders. You may have to talk some of them through it, encouraging
them at each stage, and be firm. I find that the features are more in
proportion, the children are more aware of them, and the finished work
is much more lively using this method, rather than using the oval
template which often results in very stiff mannered 'portraits'.
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SEE GINA'S
STUDENTS' PERSONAL MANDALAS
SEE GINA'S
WAYNE THIEBAUD POP ART
HARMONY
WOOD TOTEMS
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