Self-Portraits - Four Ways

Ms. Smith's first graders explored four different ways to depict themselves using a variety of materials.

With three art parents and Ms. Smith helping, the classroom was divided into small groups and rotated through four different art "stations."

Materials used were:

1 - Black sharpie on white paper.

2 - Oil pastels on black paper.

3 - Cut wire and clear tape.

4 - Magazine cut-out collages of facial features.

Each group of 5 children each spent 10-15 minutes at each station - some were manned with mirrors and some were from depicting onself from memory.

Depicting the same familiar subject (ones self!) with four different medium is a great way to teach students to understand the properties of the materials they're working with. Thanks for sharing a great lesson!