As Cher says, "the beat goes on," but in Art world that means la dee da dee da, the Magritte goes on. Earlier (as in months ago), I shared the Surrealist projects my 3rd and 4th grades worked on here and here.
And now, due to a bazillion polar vortex days, slow and steady 5th graders, and a crazy art teacher who has attention issues and skips around from one project to another without finishing the first project, we are FINALLY finished. Phewwwwww.
This project seriously took us FOREVER.
I like to do a self portrait unit with every class every year, so that way they've got a permanent collection at home showing their growth as young artists.
My Fifth Graders created their portraits after a TON of planning and practice. They started by completing the self portrait grid (after a teacher demo of course).
Self portraits were done with pencil, then sharpie, and then finally color pencils.
Students could select whatever fruit they wanted and then they attached them with string and a hole punch. And what a variety of fruit faces we had!
My original plan was to glue down the fruit onto their little faces, but after all of that hard work, I felt awful covering up their fantastic faces. I wonder how Magritte created his? Do you think he painted his whole face and then added the apple on top or just partially painted his face?
And now, due to a bazillion polar vortex days, slow and steady 5th graders, and a crazy art teacher who has attention issues and skips around from one project to another without finishing the first project, we are FINALLY finished. Phewwwwww.
This project seriously took us FOREVER.
My Fifth Graders created their portraits after a TON of planning and practice. They started by completing the self portrait grid (after a teacher demo of course).
Exhibit A: proportional face grid that resembles a fencing mask...
Students also had to complete the Color Pencil Practice Worksheet and check both sheets with me before moving onto their final portrait paper. I am embarrassed to admit that I have access to all these fancy schmancy tech tools, and then I still end up drawing the worksheet template with a sharpie. LAME.
Self portraits were done with pencil, then sharpie, and then finally color pencils.
Students could select whatever fruit they wanted and then they attached them with string and a hole punch. And what a variety of fruit faces we had!
My original plan was to glue down the fruit onto their little faces, but after all of that hard work, I felt awful covering up their fantastic faces. I wonder how Magritte created his? Do you think he painted his whole face and then added the apple on top or just partially painted his face?
I've got them hanging in one of our main hallways, so that whenever someone walks by, the breeze moves the fruit ever so slightly.
Now that's some interactive art!!!
Not gonna lie, after working on these, I have been majorly craving fruit and loaded my grocery cart up with all kinda varieties. Fruit-tastic!
