4th Grade Roy Lichtenstein self portraits

 4th Grade Roy Lichtenstein Self Portraits

I found inspiration for this lesson from Sara Gutkind. I just changed it a bit to fit the needs of my classroom. There are tons of videos for kids on Roy Lichtenstein on YouTube. I used the one on Safe Tv for this lesson. 

Students used a 12" x 9" piece of multimedia paper and drew a self portrait. Remind them to sketch lightly!! 

My 4th graders could use a stencil with circles to add the dots or draw them free hand themselves with markers. The last steps were to trace them with a black marker and color the background with crayons. They did such an amazing job!! 

3rd grade self portraits

 I introduced the students to many of Van Gogh's and Frida Kahlo's self portraits and discussed the reason why artists create them. I provided a pattern for the faces of our self portraits. I think it helps the students get a good start. They then did all the rest.

Students used crayons and traced all their details with a black sharpie. We used crayons because we have more choices of skin colors. My kiddos did an amazing job! 

 

kindergarten self portraits

kindergarten self portraits 

Here is another idea I borrowed from Pinterest. You can find the original post here Art with Jenny K. She actually taught it to first graders but I thought my kindergarteners could do it at the end of the year. I changed it a bit to fit the needs of my classroom. You can watch my demonstration video below.

I showed the students lots of examples of self portraits by Van Gogh, Frida Kahlo and Rembrandt. I love to show the self portraits of Rembrandt since he would dress up in costumes and paint himself! 

Students folded an 18" x 6" piece of drawing paper into fours. 

I instructed the students on how to draw the body into each of the four sections. 

They added details and a background. The last step was to trace everything with a black crayon. 

Don't you love these?!