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Portrait Proportions and Flesh Tones
Using the provided blank face template, learners of any age draw to learn how to create proper facial proportions. This lesson focuses on two dimensional facial proportions, how to estimate those proportions, and drawing techniques. If...
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Clay Portrait Project
Students discuss facial proportions and mix colors similar to flesh tones. For this art lesson, students draw and paint a portrait and then translate this image into a 3D form using clay.
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The Human Head and Picasso
Sixth graders view human head paintings by Picasso. Using the paintings, they identify the facial proportions by a frontal and profile view. With a partner, they create a portrait of them after observing and measuring their face. They...
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Expressive Papier-Mache Masks
Students create papier-mache masks showing different human emotions. In this mask lesson, students choose what facial expression they want and sketch out their mask and background. They form the "face" in clay and then papier-mache over...
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Looking at Portraits - Portraits in Line
Students use Van Gogh’s Portrait of Joseph Roulinas inspiration for their own portraits of friends in the classroom. In this portrait lesson plan, students analyze the Van Gogh portrait and discuss his techniques. Students discuss facial...
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Face It!
Learners explore the proportions of the human face and utilize a graph to draw a self portrait based upon the techniques and styles of a variety of artists.
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Egyptian Profile Portraits
Second graders design Egyptian style portraits. They use the correct proportions while drawing and painting the facial features.
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Ceramic Relief Portrait
Eighth graders use draped slab and slab method to create a relief sculpture, adding coil and slab decoration. They study facial features and form them in clay. They study symbolism in Renaissance relief terra cottas.
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Self Portraits
Student pictures are taken with a digital camera. The picture is opened on the computer, and selected. On the computer, the image is cloned, and traced (using the computer, not a "real" pencil). Students discuss how well the "average...
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Funny Face Self Portraits
Students gain appreciation for the drawings by Leonardo da Vinci. They show human emotion by drawing facial features in correct proportion - studying ratio of eye width to the rest of the facial features. They create values by varying...
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Face It!
Students experiment with proportions and drawing in this excellent Art lesson plan for grade 5-8. The lesson plan includes a PowerPoint slide show and requires the use of the educational software entitled "MatchWho". Students are...
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Keith Haring And Aboriginal Art
Students explore the art of Keith Haring and examine how it relates to Aboriginal art. In this fundamentals of art lesson, students examine the fundamental elements of art, such as, line, symmetry, contrast, balance, color tints, and...
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Using Fabrics in Your Art Curriculum
Young scholars use a dicut machine to do block printing on fabric. In this fabric lesson plan, students draw, carve, and print onto blocks for this art project.
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Looking at Portraits, Portraits in Line
Young scholars use Van Gogh's portrait of Joseph Roulin as inspiration for their own portraits of friends in the classroom.
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Looking at Portraits: Portraits in Line
Students use Van Gogh's Portrait of Joseph Roulin as inspiration for their own portraits for their friends. In this portrait analysis lesson, students explore portrait art and analyze Vincent Van Gogh's use of line in his art. Students...
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Portrait Drawing Using a Model - Activity 1
Students create a realistic portrait using a live model and charcoal in this introductory art instructional activity on portrait drawing. A video and resource links are included to aid in instructional strategies.
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You Are What You Eat!
Young scholars create believable self-portraits incorporating selected food items as details, forms, and texturesThe compositional focus is a head-and-shoulders portrait appropriate to the food theme resulting in a humorous illustration....
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Ellis Wilson: An Elementary School Art Lesson
Students study the life of Ellis Wilson. They examine the use of simple shapes when drawing human figures. They examine how to incorporate pattern into a background setting.
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Self Portrait Pots
students create a self-portrait bust while demonstrating craftmanship in forming clay and glazing/underglazing. After the correct procedures are demonstrated, students create their own self-portrait bust.
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African Masks
Fourth graders create three-dimensional paper African masks. They analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of Africa. they discover that masks were worn for various ceremonies.
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Portrait Painting in the style of Georges Rouault
Students paint portraits in the style of Rouault.
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Multimedia Stained Glass Window Design
Students construct and display a stained glass gothic window box made from cardboard boxes, color tissue or colored plastic sheets of mylar, and glue.
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Japanese Noh Masks
Learners examine Japanese theatre and create their own face masks which display certain emotions, props, costumes and perform in improvisational theatrical games.
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Georges Rouault Portraits
Students create portraits using brown construction paper, paints, and brushes in this 4th through 6th grade Art activity. Emphasis is placed upon the artwork of Georges Rouault and the activity includes resource links for background...
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