Feelings Portraits 7-8 year old students
Observational drawing, painting exploration, overhead projection
This lesson was a twist on the self-portrait using a combination of traditional and non-traditional techniques with the use of an overhead projector. Students observed and drew themselves with marker pens on acetate taped to small mirrors. Separately, students explored painting abstractly onto poster boards with a variety of tools, including brushes, sponges, fabric swatches and cardboard pieces, to extend their thinking beyond the use of traditional painting tools. Their colors were inspired by the feelings students said they had on their first day of class. These “feelings paintings” were taped to a wall onto which students projected and transferred with black paint, their line art acetate portraits. (See more photos below.)
Observational drawing, painting exploration, overhead projection
This lesson was a twist on the self-portrait using a combination of traditional and non-traditional techniques with the use of an overhead projector. Students observed and drew themselves with marker pens on acetate taped to small mirrors. Separately, students explored painting abstractly onto poster boards with a variety of tools, including brushes, sponges, fabric swatches and cardboard pieces, to extend their thinking beyond the use of traditional painting tools. Their colors were inspired by the feelings students said they had on their first day of class. These “feelings paintings” were taped to a wall onto which students projected and transferred with black paint, their line art acetate portraits. (See more photos below.)
Line art portrait drawings produced with markers on acetate.
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Painting exploration - texture, swirls, color.
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Layering and painting the line art over the "feelings" color paintings, assisted with an overhead projector.
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