5th and 6th Grade Art

We began our cut paper portrait project last week and will continue working on the process for several more classes. This is a higher level work that involves the study of value, graphic art, portraiture and proportions. The students each have their portrait printed as a reference and they create a sort of colored paper puzzle to "build" their portrait. There are several layers of cut paper that are glued together to create the portraits. Careful use of the x-acto knife is required as well as attention to detail and process. We are on our third class with this project and the students are beginning to settle into the project more easily now.  Each student is finding their own methods that work best for their work and they are understanding the process more readily.