Okay, so this title is not "super" accurate, as these students are in Grade 2, but for 7 year old's, I think they did pretty well! Students learned about different portraits and styles throughout history; but we paid special attention to portraits that reflected the subject (Frida Khalo) and Hyper- Realists, such as Chuck Close and others. We did this unit as a stand-alone, but it could easily be tailored to fit "Who We Are" in the PYP. I was interested in teaching them about dimensions of the human face, shading using colored pencils and realism more than anything else. So I took each student's photo and then blew them up to A3 size. They cut the photos in half (approximately- they are 7), began measuring the points of the face with rulers then got to work on the final draft after much planning and a smaller test run in their sketchbooks. They could choose to depict themselves, or a partner. This was an 8 week Unit, so scroll to the end to see what I did as a "going further" task/project. Here are a few of the more interesting results!
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| Most students chose to use colored pencil, but this student used chalk pastel, which I think was quite successful. |
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| I love how he chose to incorporate elements of a different background than the mirror image, but still retain some of the original to make it seem realistic. |
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| What I appreciate about this portrait is that even though it has realistic elements, it still shows the huge personality! |
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| This one is my exemplar- not done by a 7 year old. But if it was! |
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