An assignment I half stole borrowed from Pinterest in a panic, trying to find something to fill in the gap for an assignment on color and value that the kids had done (mistakenly!!) last year. The only source I could find was in a language that uses the Cyrillic alphabet, so I have no idea about the origins.
Kids pick out a sneaker of choice (they were VERY excited about this), render part of it with only graphite pencils, and then use markers to color in the rest:
The assignment every one of my scholars dreads (I would have too, if I had to do a self-portrait in 8th grade), and yet the one they usually end up most proud of. This is one of the rare assignments where I allow my students to trace (if desired), but depending on your philosophy or skill level, you do not have to follow this.
Below is the teacher example I made, featuring my late hamster, Gogurt (yes, I brought her to work with me a few times). This project combines the previous two in this unit (Comic Strip and Celebrity Half-Portrait), and is meant to help students see that there are many ways the human body can tell a story.
An inherited project from the previous art teacher that I try deeply to enrich and align with IB... And yet it still feels too simple and ...
