Overview:
Students create a self-portrait that tells a story about their own life.
Students will need to consider:
- What they want their self-portrait to tell about themselves.
- How they will create a setting for their story.
- How they will use color, line, shape, and exaggeration to create certain moods or feelings.
- How to depict the selected image of the story, including:
- What part(s) of their body to show. (whole body? just their face?)
- Facial expression and body position.
- What possessions to include. (sports equipment? musical instrument?)
- What medium to use. (pencil sketch? paint? cut paper shapes and markers?)
Students should follow these steps:
Plan!
- Brainstorm for ideas about what story about yourself to tell and what personality traits you want to highlight.
- Create a series of small sketches.
- Select one image to take to completion.
Create!
- Develop a drawing that stresses basic shapes, thinking about body positions and gesture.
- Decide what colors you will use to organize your composition.
- Draw, paint, or glue colored construction paper until you think your self-portrait represents yourself.
- Add words, if desired.
Reflect!
- Display your completed image for others to view.
- Have a group discussion to talk about the completed artworks. Focus on what the self-portraits reveal about the artists.
- Write about your completed artwork. Address the following:
- Describe your finished self-portrait.
- How did you use shapes to show body positions and gestures?
- What ideas or feelings does your artwork communicate?
- What about your artwork especially pleases you? Why?
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