Abstracted Self Portraits: 3rd Grade

 This is a wax resist self portrait.  I will say it looks kind of freaky right now, but we are going to go back into them.  I'm sure (I HOPE!) they will be amazing!

Art Dad: Royal Portraits

With all the craziness & confusion about school in the district we live (I teach in the neighboring district), we decided to homeschool our kids this school year (my wife has been a 3rd grade teacher, math coach, a STEM teacher).  We felt consistency was what our children needed most.  We also picked up an extra kid ( my wife’s best friend’s daughter! ). So we have a classroom almost! Haha  She is using a program that teaches across the curriculum using a common theme. Since they are currently studying Queen Victoria..she asked me if I’d do a portrait lesson with the kids. I think they turned out dynamite!! 

1st Grade                              4th Grade

           5th Grade

(The 1st, 4th, and 5th grader on the right are mine!) 

1st Grade Self Portraits

I like to end the year like I begin it...with a self portrait.  It is a really good indicator on where the students are with their skills, and what I need to improve on in teaching students portraiture.  Here are some of my 1st grade students' self portraits.
Please forgive my photography skills!!!
 I struggle when trying to capture pencil drawings with my iPad!!

Kindergarten is Playing in the Snow!

I wanted to revisit self portraits with kindergarten.  

I break down full body self portraits using shapes in a demo first.  Then I let the children go back and draw their body.   I then do another demo showing them how to add in details(eyes, nose, mouth, hats..etc).   I don't do step by step...."guided drawing" because  I feel that they become to robotic looking & lack the child's personality.
I love my kindergarten students...they are AMAZING!!!!!!!

        

Winter Self Portraits: 1st Grade

Fun wintertime self portraits!  I introduced students to facial proportion, and how to draw eyes & noses a bit more realistic.  My expectations are that they attempt to apply the new information they've been given in regards to drawing faces.  They were suppose to draw the mittens covering their mouth, but some did not.  Still super cute! 

Monochromatic Self Portraits: 4th Grade

Trying to jazz up portraits with my 4th grade...I introduced them to the idea of monochromatic painting.  There is a couple reasons for this.  1) It is a good skill to introduce.  2) The last art teacher ordered several hundred red watercolor refills accidentally. (I have been here for 18 yrs and still have a couple hundred!! ha ha!!)  I can't say I'm super excited how this project turned out, but it was a challenge worth attempting for my students!  Here are some of the gems I found!!