When I Grow Up - All By Myself

Third graders review concepts of fractions, and one-half. They discuss self portraits and the relationships of eyes, nose and mouth to the whole face. Students create base-line self-portraits. On the second day, 3rd graders observe and...

Students examine and discuss the painting, "Sleeping Self-Portrait," by Brian Murphy. They answer discussion questions, mix various paint colors, and create a self-portrait using the primary colors and white.

In this lesson, students will create a piece of art that will identify an artist, but is not a standard self-portrait with traditional facial features. It will be a collage incorporating images, colors, symbols, and text to help describe...

Explore the art and cultural significance of henna hand designs. You engage the class by providing background information that describes who, what, where, when, and why henna designs are used. Then, the class uses the included templates...

Young scholars design tinfoil self-portraits based on the work of Frida Kahlo, a famous Mexican painter. They study the style of this Mexican artist before making their own portraits.

Students practice naming various features or parts of their bodies using similes and vivid adjectives. The format is extended to poetic expressions as they develop a self-portrait and extend the creative experience through art.

Students explore their personal strengths and characteristics and write a short description of themselves. Afterward, they create a dramatic self-portrait with an expression that identifies who they are. Students fill the areas around...

Young artists will respond to reading children's literature, by engaging in original storytelling and representing their own images through the visual arts. Then they orally describe details of people, places, and things in their stories...

Students use a software drawing program to produce self portraits. They draw using the available tools and matching their features such as eye color and shape. They print the portraits for a classroom display.

Students create a detailed self portrait, and then write about their appearance.