We first looked at artist David
Hockney's self-portrait and discussed how we thought he felt at that very moment. Next, we took turns passing around a frame and
acting out whatever emotion they chose from a bag. In
our discussion afterward, we identified specific visual cues for different feelings, such as when we are happy your eyes crinkle and your cheeks push up. Additionally, when you are surprised,
your eyes get bigger and your eyebrows create an arc. When you are disgusted,
your brow furrows and your nose wrinkles.
Finally, students went back to their
tables and started to make self portraits of
their own showing a specific emotion of their choice and acted them out in a mirror. We learned that drawing from observation is only drawing WHAT YOU SEE and a SELF PORTRAIT is when artists create a picture of themselves. The next day, we read When Sophie Gets Angry, Really Really Angry, and noticed how the artist used specific colors such as green and red when Sophie was angry, blues and light greens when she became calm, and purples and yellows when she was happy again. The last step was coloring in their portrait and choosing a piece of construction paper to best express their feeling face!
David Hockney
"Shy"
"Silly"
"Angry"
"Devastated"
"Devastated"
"Excited"
"Exhausted"
"Silly"
"Angry"
"Excited"
"Excited"
"Silly"
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