Self-Portrait
My portrait mostly defines my personality and who I am. The skin color of it is green because that shows my more dungeons and dragons side along with the ear and the armor and the amulet. My shirt mostly is defining my love for autumn because it has leave in some parts of it.
--Owen McIlnay, 5th Grade
In this unit, artists learn about ‘metaphor’. They look at different artists who used metaphor in their portrait work to help describe the personality of their portrait subject. They find different objects that help describe them, learn some basic facial proportions, then incorporate the objects into their portrait to represent their interior interests, thoughts, and feelings.
tracing paper, magazines, pens, pencil, pink eraser, drawing paper, colored pencils, masking tape optional: mirrors or photos (to help identify features for their portraits), copy paper (for early finishers)
Lesson 1: A large selection and variety of books w/pictures for students to look through and trace—look for books that address your student’s interests (machinery, animals, cooking, etc.). These can be borrowed from the library or borrowed from classroom teachers.
Handout this letter for students to take home prior to the project starting
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Lesson 2: Proportions (one per student)
Lesson 2: Proportions, Advanced (optional: for particularly advanced students, and up to the teacher’s discretion. Similar to the first handout but with more exacting ‘guidelines’)
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READING: LITERATURE
RL.3.4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, distinguishing literal from nonliteral language. (Supporting this in Lesson 3, while learning about how objects can represent mood or experience.)
RL.5.4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative language such as metaphors and similes. (Supporting this in Lesson 2, learning about metaphor and how different objects can stand in for feelings or interests.)
RL.3.7: Explain how specific aspects of a text's illustrations contribute to what is conveyed by the words in a story (e.g., create mood, emphasize aspects of a character or setting.) (Supporting this in Lesson 3, while learning about how artists have used objects metaphorically.)
LANGUAGE
L.3.5: Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings. (Supporting this in Lesson 3, while learning about how artists have used objects metaphorically.)
L.3.5a: Distinguish the literal and nonliteral meanings of words and phrases in context. *(Supporting this in Lesson 3, while learning about how artists have used objects metaphorically.) *
L.4.5: Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings. (Lesson 2, learning about metaphor and how different objects can stand in for feelings or interests.)
L.5.5a: Interpret figurative language, including similes and metaphors, in context. (Supporting this in Lesson 2, learning about metaphor and how different objects can stand in for feelings or interests)
SPEAKING AND LISTENING
SL.4.1b: Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions and carry out assigned roles. (Lessons 1-5, during discussion of the inspiration image & during artwork presentations.)
SL.5.1b: Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions and carry out assigned roles. (Lessons 1-5, during discussion of the inspiration image & during artwork presentations.)
SL.4.1c: Pose and respond to specific questions to clarify or follow up on information, and make comments that contribute to the discussion and link to the remarks of others. (Lessons 1-5, during artwork presentations.)
SL.5.1c Pose and respond to specific questions by making comments that contribute to the discussion and elaborate on the remarks of others. (Lesson 1-5, during artwork presentations.)
SL.3.3: Ask and answer questions about information from a speaker, offering appropriate elaboration and detail. (Lessons 1-5, during presentations of artwork.)
WRITING
W.4.2: Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ides and information clearly. (Lesson 5, writing an artist’s statement.)
MATH STANDARDS
GEOMETRY
4.G.3: Recognize a line of symmetry for a two-dimensional figure as a line across the figure such that the figure can be folded along the line into matching parts. Identify line-symmetric figures and draw lines of symmetry. (Lesson 2, drawing a face with proper proportions.)
Creating: Anchor Standard 1: Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.
VA:Cr1.1.5a: Combine ideas to generate an innovative idea for art-making. (Lesson 3, combining objects with the portrait.)
VA:Cr1.1.3a: Elaborate on an imaginative idea. (Lesson 3, altering their portraits to include objects.)
Anchor Standard 2: Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.
VA:Cr2.1.3a: Create personally satisfying artwork using a variety of artistic processes and materials. (Lessons 1-5, creating a self-portrait in a style of their choice.)
VA:Cr2.1.4a: Explore and invent art-making techniques and approaches. (Lesson 3, combining objects with the portrait.)
VA:Cr2.1.5a: Experiment and develop skills in multiple art-making techniques and approaches through practice. (Lesson 3, combining objects with the portrait.)
Anchor Standard 3: Refine and complete artistic work.
VA:Cr3.1.3a: Elaborate visual information by adding details in an artwork to enhance emerging meaning. (Lesson 3, adding objects to their self-portrait.)
VA:Cr3.1.5a: Create artist statements using art vocabulary to describe personal choices in artmaking. (Lesson 5, creating an artists statement.)
Responding: Anchor Standard 7: Perceive and analyze artistic work.
VA:Re.7.1.5a: Compare one's own interpretation of a work of art with the interpretation of others. (Lessons 1-5, during discussion of the inspiration image.)
VA:Re.7.1.6a: Identify and interpret works of art or design that reveal how people live around the world and what they value. (Lesson 2, learning about the Hispanic artist Frida Kahlo.)
VA:Re.7.2.4a: Analyze components in visual imagery that convey messages. (Lesson 2, looking at the works of Kahlo and Archimboldo; Lessons 1-5, when discussing the inspiration images.)
VA:Re.7.2.3a: Determine messages communicated by an image. *(Lesson 3, looking at works by Frida Kahlo and Archimboldo.) *
line, color, value, texture
proportion/scale, emphasis
Mathematics (proportions/symmetry) Social Studies (studying Frida Kahlo), Counseling (analyzing self)
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