{"id":16363,"date":"2018-03-24T22:03:53","date_gmt":"2018-03-24T22:03:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smallhandsbigart.com\/?p=16363"},"modified":"2018-12-31T00:08:29","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T00:08:29","slug":"wide-eyed-self-portraits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smallhandsbigart.com\/fort-mill\/wide-eyed-self-portraits\/","title":{"rendered":"Wide-Eyed Self Portraits"},"content":{"rendered":"
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We are big on trying to get kids to learn a new way of drawing something they already “think” they know how to draw.\u00a0 By age 7 the’ve done about 40 self-portraits, in every style of every famous artist (elongated Modigliani self-portraits, Picasso inspired, Silberzweig inspired, and the list goes on… )\u00a0 It’s a challenge to find new and different ways to make something that feels so “done”, new & fresh.\u00a0 The funny thing about this project is that it was sort of a “side project” – it was just a drawing prompt we gave the kids to work on while we were waiting on something else they were working on to dry!\u00a0 The fact that these came out so so stunning was a total unplanned and unexpected surprise!<\/p>\n
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The unique style of these self-portraits was elicited from the students with just one simple prompt:\u00a0 \u00a0Instead of drawing a basic circle or oval for the shape of the face, draw a very wide<\/em> oval.\u00a0 Then place the eyes very far apart.\u00a0 Fill in the rest of the features from there.\u00a0\u00a0Boom! That was IT!\u00a0 And look at how it switches up your basic self-portrait!<\/p>\n Another twist that resulted in a very unique look to these masterpieces was that we didn’t start with a clean piece of paper.\u00a0 \u00a0Before starting these, kids had painted another piece of paper with a mix of black and white and gray to set aside to dry to use for a different project.\u00a0 We took those wet painted papers and made a “kiss print” with them, by pressing the wet painted paper up against a clean, dry piece of paper.\u00a0 The kiss print left traces of gray lines and weird blotches on the new paper.\u00a0 \u00a0These portraits would look amazing on almost any “used” piece of paper – a painted paper, old book pages, a collage…<\/p>\n Then students painted their features with a really quick drying chalky tempera paint, let that dry for a few minutes, then worked back in on top with a fine tip permanent black pen.\u00a0 We love to use Pilot Precise V7 fine tip pens<\/a> for this – the ink is permanent and doesn’t smudge.\u00a0 We also gave them a black china marker<\/a> to create some stronger outlines at the end, so there was a variety in the line depth and thickness.<\/p>\n Sometimes it’s fun with a self-portrait project to challenge the students to draw the details of the outfit they are wearing at that exact moment.<\/p>\n I just love how every single one of these turned out!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" These wide eyed self-portraits were unusual and so whimsical, and were created with just one very important drawing prompt about the shape of the face! We are big on trying to get kids to learn a new way of drawing something they already “think” they know how to draw.\u00a0 By age 7 the’ve done about […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19089,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[368,443],"class_list":["post-16363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-elementary","tag-painting-project","tag-self-portrait"],"yoast_head":"\n
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