Self portrait art lessons middle school

SMMS Studio Art on Instagram: “Can’t wait to hang out Advanced Art Self Portrait Prints! #middleschoolartteacher #artteachersofinstagram #middleschoolart”

Learn how to draw basic self-portraits in this fun Pop Art inspired lesson plan that is perfect for the middle school art class.

We started with a photo shoot! For these self portraits, students posed while expressing a strong emotion. Later, they traced on acetate placed over their 8” by 10” photo printout to capture the es…

Gather old magazines from around the house, the library, or from family and enjoy creating unique self-portrait collages. Add these to a human body unit study or create animal collages and add to a nature study. So many options!

Kehinde Wiley was born in California in 1977. His father is from Nigeria and his mother is African-American. For most of Kehinde Wiley’s very successful career, he has created large, vibrant, highly p

A 5th grade portrait lesson

Middle School Self Portrait Lesson Plan Just want to share what we are currently working on… Self Portrait Procedures Students take selfie with phones Upload selfie to our online platform (my…

These easy portraits were a great way to wrap up the school year in 2nd grade at Brimfield. I was inspired by the article "Contour Line Portraits; Excited About Artistic Abilities" from the March issue of Arts & Activities of this year. The article is written by Kari Gertz Neal and I loved the polished look of this tracing process that is so simple I feel like I should have thought of it myself! I also found a very similar project over at Dali's Moustache that turned out awesome too. We've…

Students are amazed by African American artist Kehinde Wiley's incredible talent, and they are drawn to his contemporary style. Ins...

Middle Schoolers are awkward. I think that's one of the reasons that anytime a self-portrait is mentioned they groan obnoxiously and throw t...

I saw something similar to this while searching for collage ideas. I used it at the beginning of the year because I wanted to start with so...

High School art students create self-portraits with charcoal on reclaimed cardboard. Read the full art lesson.

Creating sketchbooks as a first project is a great way to start out middle school and high school art classes. When students design their own sketchbook covers they take ownership over them and each...

Ms. Shea on Instagram: “Contrast. Is. Essential. High intensity charcoal self portraits ✔️ Phenomenal job to all!👏🏻 #riteofpassage #classof2020…”

As a teacher, there are few things as awesome as hearing your students saying "I love this project" and "this is my favorite project we've ever done in art class." This self-portrait unit went...