Kindergarten Art

The students had a great time learning about self portraits. We had several discussions about the difference between portraits and self portraits, different styles of self portraits and why it is important to draw self portraits. The students looked at portraits and self portraits by various artists and noticed the styles and material difference in each piece. I asked each student to draw a self portrait of what they thought they looked liked. The second portrait was drawn after a lesson about proportions, placement of the facial features and simple techniques on the shape of the eyes, nose and mouth. Each student had a mirror to work on their observational self portrait. A watercolor wash was added to complete the portraits. This is one of my favorite projects to approach with this age, as I love the symbols and the details that the students add as they look at themselves as they draw.  The portraits are hanging in the 1st floor hallway by the toddler classrooms.