Monday, December 16, 2013

Van Gogh Style Portraits


Vincent Van Gogh was famous for his self-portraits. We are thankful for that because now we can tell how he actually looked like in different times of his life. We had the kids paint their own self-portraits and have fun exploring their faces!
First we placed mirrors on the tables so they can see themselves as they are drawing,


Then we guided them through the drawing process.


Ask them questions - Where do you see you eyes? Do you have long or short hair?


Would you like to smile or be serious in your self-portrait?


Next class we had them paint their pictures. One of our kids decided to take it a step further and paint a portrait of his dad as well as Van Gogh painted a portrait of his friend the postman. And here are the results :-)


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