Portraits

Francis

The kids were super excited to get started on learning how to draw the face.  I began this lesson by talking about various facial expressions and how the features of our face change depending on the particular emotion we were trying to convey.  I had the kids take turns coming up front to make certain facial expressions like happy, sad, angry, or surprised and then had the other kids guess the emotion.  The kids loved making different faces for the different emotions, and I told them they would have the opportunity to choose the facial expression they would like to draw on their portrait.  I had purchased a few mirrors for the kids to share as we started to draw the particular details of the eyes, nose, mouth, ears, and hair.  They enjoyed looking into the mirrors and making different facial expressions to draw.  And most of them just liked looking in the mirror and observing their own unique features!

Christian

Benjamin

We took a couple weeks just practicing how to draw the human face with the correct proportions so they could become familiar with the process.  Then, after much practice we began the final portrait.  I also encouraged them to practice on their own because I explained how it takes practice to capture a person’s likeness.  The kids were particularly interested in the process of laying out the correct proportions of the face, and we did it step by step together each time.  

Caesar

As you can see from Caesar’s portrait, he chose a very suiting facial expression that matches his personality!  He is one funny guy who likes to make others laugh so his funny face seems fitting for his portrait!

Caesar getting creative with taking a picture of his artwork.

Gershon

Godisking

Joel