Kindergarten Self Portraits

Learning to draw yourself (and just anybody in general) is a difficult task. Kinders learned what a self-portrait is and saw examples of my own self portrait in different materials. Students started their self portrait by tracing an oval on a piece of paper. Students were shown easy ways using shapes and lines to draw different parts of  the face. Students drew their face in pencil and traced the face in sharpie. We discussed how to choose appropriate eyebrow, eye, and skin color (choosing a few colors, testing them on the back of the portrait, and then decided what was best) and then colored in our portrait with crayons. Students cut out their portrait and then used yarn to create loop-knots in the holes for hair. I love all the different expressions found on the self portraits!