Life Size

Finally we are in our new space! But our classroom and studio are not yet ready for our class. In the meantime we share space with the preschool children. Not being set up in our studio and having limited space makes things challenging for this art teacher. But we sally forth.

Here we are expanding on the idea of the self portrait. One of our focuses or "Big Ideas" has been our anatomy. Oftentimes self portraits are done of the top portion of the body only, the head, shoulders...I wanted to incorporate the rest of our body, which is quite important, in our self image.



A large roll of paper was purchased at SCRAP whose size made it possible for us to trace ourselves. We used Sharpies to make the outline and it was visible on both sides of the paper. Then I encouraged them to draw their "guts" on one side of the paper and then their clothing on the other side.



Alot of attention and time was put into these. Some put themselves in costumes, some focused more on the insides, others on the outsides. The girls really enjoyed having their hair traced, some wanting Pippi Longstocking braids. What I particularly appreciated was that they were working larger and more physically- putting their bodies into drawing their bodies.