Second Grade Self Portraits

These self portraits hardly look like the artist. They are styled after the artists, Sandra Silberzweig's primitive, colorful faces. First students studied and discussed slides of her artwork. Then they drew a face on black paper and "drew" over the lines with glue. The next week they learned about choosing Analogous colors from the color wheel ( side by side) and blending chalk with their fingers. The portraits are quite dramatic. This was a very rewarding project!