Winter Self-Portraits

4th and 5th grade students created self-portraits using pencil, mirrors, and 11"x17" white paper. They drew a hat and sweater to wear, colored themselves with oil pastel, and cut out their self-portrait. They glued it onto a blue sheet of paper and added snow flakes around themselves. I really like that this lesson teaches drawing skills and is a great holiday lesson without touching upon any holiday in particular.

Portraits of Women

This is a video that shows over 200 years of female portraiture. It's from the Saatchi Gallery in London. It's a beautiful video and makes the viewer realize how differently the same subject can be construed.

http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/blogon/mtvideobox.php?video_id=78

Egyptian Profile 1st grade

I created templates for the hair, face, and necklace and the students cut out the three shapes. They colored each one in and glued them using glue stick on blue construction paper. If they finished in time they could get 3 gems for their empty spaces.