Self Portrait

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Essential Questions: 

•How can I represent myself in a watercolor portrait?
•Who am I on the inside? The outside?
•How am I different from others? How am I unique?

Content: 

*Definition of internal self: feelings, emotions, ideas, interests, passions
*Hot and cold colors as expressions of emotions
*Salt and alcohol techniques with watercolors
*Wet-on-wet watercolor techniques (wet paper, liquid watercolor)

Skills and Processes: 

*Use examples/models to help frame individual self portrait plan
*Determine characteristics of internal self
*Determine external representations of self
*Show understanding of use of color for emotion
*Use wet-on-wet color techniques
*Use salt and alcohol techniques with liquid watercolor
*Work cooperatively to cast and capture shadow silhouettes
*Cut to outline silhouette
*Draw face in silhouette, using colored pencils
*Silhouette shadow representation cut-outs

Assessment: 

*Skill with watercolor and colored pencil techniques
*Demonstrated understanding of what is internal and external self
*Use of color to represent emotions
*Cooperative skills
*Small motor skills: cutting, drawing

Resources: 

Materials: liquid watercolor, salt, rubbing alcohol, watercolor paper, outdoor lights, backdrop, colored pencils, scissors

Multicultural Dimension: 

Commonalties and differences between internal and external selves: appearances versus physical presence