Collage Self-Portraits!

3rd Grade created these torn paper/mixed media collage self-portraits....

Step One: Tear one piece of 8.5" x 11" skin tone paper into chunks.







Create a shirt and add details...bowties, collars, pockets...



Step Three: Add eyes, a nose and a mouth...plus mixed media supplies: ribbons, buttons, feathers...

The Colors of Us

"The Colors of Us" by Karen Katz

Gallery of Faces

Great story and great tool for teaching about skin tones!

1st grade created these self-portraits through teacher guided-drawing steps using pencils, oil pastels and Crayola skin tone paint...
backgrounds created with crayons and tempera paint.

Adding skin tone

Here are some of the finished faces....