Collage Self Portraits

Let's Talk About Race.mp4


Artist Study: Angelica Dass



Directions - Day 1

Mixing colors! Let's learn how to mix different skin colors! We will start by listening to a book called "Let's Talk About Race" by Julius Lester.

What do you think about this book?

What does race mean?

Why do you think people are so concerned with race or people's skin color?

Does a person's skin color tell you about how they are as a person?

Let's mix some colors!

Using paint colors:

  • red, yellow, black, and white

  • Paper

  • Paintbrush

  • Water

DOC032521.pdf


Can you mix these different colors?

Which one is closest to your own skin color?

Now, paint that color on a new sheet of paper! This will be used for the skin of your self portrait.

Directions - Day 2

  1. We are going to work on self portraits! We will be using collage and some drawing for this project. You will need:

    • painted paper

    • mirror

    • large colored paper

    • scissors

    • glue / glue stick

    • drawing utensils


2. Start by using your painted paper to cut out a shape for your head. You can decide if you want to collage or draw your eyes, ears, nose, and mouth. Take a look at these measurements to help create your own face.

Eyes!


Noses!

Print out:

FACE MEASUREMENTS _ nose eyes mouth.pdf

Directions - Day 3

We are continuing to work on self portraits today. Think about the details of your face, hair, and shoulders that you can add.

Other details to add could be a border, images of things that you like or words that describe you in the background to show more of your personality.

You will need:

    • paper

    • mirror

    • colored paper

    • paper with different patterns

    • scissors

    • glue / glue stick

    • drawing utensils

    • yarn