Kindergarten: Self - Portraits

Our Kindergarteners were hard at work creating pictures of themselves.  We started with a guided drawing, using a large U shape for our faces, and adding a neck and shoulders then went off of the page.  Students then added in the details of the face, one by one.  We began painting our drawings with tempera paint.  First the background and shirt.  Then each student mixed their own variety tan, white and brown to achieve a skin tone that was specific to them and their painting.  Next, we painted the hair.  After all our paint had dried, students outlined their faces and features with black pastels to make them pop, then we used chalk pastels to add details to our faces and shirt.