Here is a sampling of self-portraits inspired by artist Paul Klee (including one in progress) from my last teacher workshop. Paul Klee (1879-1940) was a Swiss artist known for his highly individual, abstract style. His work was influenced by many different art movements, including Expressionism, Cubism and Surrealism. This project uses squares of “bleeding tissue” …

Drawing lesson for Beginner artists: Proportions of the face, front view - Step 1 : Model

You may remember W-A-Y back in May...(when we were all looking forward to Summer vacation) :)...I shared with you a fun, easy and almost cheating way to do a portrait...That time I used our Chicken Pebbles as an example....This time you get to see how I use the technique with some young artists.... Aren't they cute!! The first thing I do is take picture of them with my digital camera...I then edit it on Picnik (My favorite on line photo editing service)...I use the pencil sketch tool and…

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I found this lesson idea over at Art Projects for Kids and decided to try it with my grade three students. I am a new fan of Amedeo Modigliani and the kids are too. After looking at many of the artists' paintings I gave out 18 x 12 black paper. The students drew their self-portraits…

Art Teachers loooove to do self portraits with kids. This was a cool twist on the self portrait AND it involves art appreciation AND is much easier to clean up and set up than paint. Perfect! Read on if you wanna do it too. You will need: - white paper (duh) - sharpies - newspapers or something to protect desks from said sharpies - bleeding art tissue paper, cut into small squares (craft stores) - 1 or 2 spray bottle(s) Lesson: 1.) Introduce Paul Klee...show slideshow of his work (especially…

Materials: - Student Photographs - Pencil - Eraser - Fine Point Sharpie - Extra Fine Point Sharpie - White Drawing Paper

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Selfie... With important personal objects... High school

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Here is one of my favorite little clay projects I have done. We made clay monsters. I taught this project about 5 years ago and I haven't done it again. I think I will do it again this year. These are really easy. You just make a pinch pot, turn it on its side and then add your features. We painted these with neon tempera paints. Acrylic paints would probably work better. We also spray varnished them. And now it's your turn!! Find an old blog post or create a new blog post about an old…

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