M.S. Students Zentangle Their Self-Portraits

After completing their self-portraits, the middle school students Zentangled designs over copies of their work. Lots of stark black and white patterns were drawn, creating fascinating and, in some cases, quite eerie images. This exercise can be very absorbing, as one gets lost in the repetition of pattern...thus the title, "Zentangle". It's a relaxing, de-stressor for the end of the year.

Intricate patterns

Concentration works best for this exercise

Four finished portraits

Middle School Self-Portraits

The annual Parker self-portrait project has begun for the middle school students. The students watched a video on how different expressions change the features of a face and then reviewed rule of thumb methods for placement and proportion for achieving their likeness. They worked from mirrors, thinking about the shape of their face and trying to accurately locate and capture their features. They tried to put all these elements together to create an image that is recognizable as them.

Preliminary sketch

Transferring sketch to final paper using the light box

Features emerging

Small adjustments

Does it look like me?

Middle School Students Draw Self-Portraits

As their final project for this school year, the middle school students reviewed rule of thumb methods for achieving their likeness. They worked from mirrors, thinking about the shape of their face and trying to accurately locate their features.  They tried to capture the way all these elements relate to each other to create an image that is recognizable as them.

The image emerges

Matching skin color