Students learned facial proportions, and looked at the self portraits of many famous artists throughout history. We looked at realistic and expressive color and then students worked hard to create a self portrait with a mirror. Students then traced their self portrait onto another piece of paper so they had two identical self portraits. They then used expressive colors on one self portrait, and realistic colors on the second. We cut the portraits into even strips and glued them together onto a large piece of construction paper. Students then folded their paper into zig-zags, and stapled it onto a hard background. The portraits were displayed and students participated in a "questions and compliments critique"
