4th and 3rd grade are practicing the same skills for now. Please refer to 3rd grade for how and why we are practicing observational drawing.
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We are still continuing to work on our self-portraits and trying to get the correct placement of our facial features. I'm not worrying about them drawing the features realistically, just getting proper placement. Some students are choosing to draw realistically, while others are more cartoonish. Below is a great self-portrait time lapse the students have really enjoyed.
What do Van Gogh, Frieda Khalo, Andy Warhol, Leonardo Da Vinci all have in common besides being artists?? They all made selfies, lots of selfies. I encourage you to look up some of these artists as I'm not legally able to post pictures of their work on a public website without asking permission from the people who own the rights to the art. Was that word even around in the 1600s?? Probably not because the word selfie is a more recent slang or abbreviation for a word that HAS been around for a LONG time. That word is self-portrait. Our first project for the quarter will be to create a self-portrait using correct proportions of facial features. We will work later on adding some abstract components to the background of their self-portraits. Below is a great guide to understanding where facial features should be places on the face. Although we all look different our features are all the same proportions or in the same spot in relationship to one another. What makes us different is the shape of our features, eye color, skin tone, and hair. The one thing this guide leaves out is the the fact that the space between our eyes equals the exact same size as one of your eyes. So essentially you could fit another eye between your 2 eyes. Have your child use a ruler or measuring tape to test these "face facts". Practice Drawing Your Own Self-PortraitSupplies: Pencil and paper
It's okay to get frustrated the first time you sketch your self-portrait. A great tip is to fix the problems before erasing the problems. Drawing the corrections around your mistakes often helps you to not repeat that mistake. Once you have corrected the proportions then you can go back and erase the other lines. Teaching a growth mindset is so super important. Failure often leads to success if you don't give up. Keep practicing on until you get it. |
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