From Cassie Stephens,an elementary art teacher from Nashville, Tennessee who makes her art lessons available online as a resource to anyone seeking fun ways to teach art to their students or children. Along with currently creating weekly thematic content for students to participate in online, Cassie has also compiled a list of easy and fun projects for students to do at home. You can view the compiled list below along with a brief description and link to the lesson.

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Monochromatic Self-Portrait (K-3rd grade)
Create mini-monochromatic self-portraits with paper and markers and learn how to draw a face.

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Well, hello there. This big toothy grin is brought to you by our mini-monochromatic self-portrait project! Our first project of the new school year is a collaborative one. Each of my four hundred-ish students will be making a 3″ square selfie to contribute to a large mural. Y’all might have seen the rainbow portrait mural that was all the rage on Pinterest a couple years ago (in case you missed, it’s the same process as what I’m sharing here. When complete, the portraits are hung in Roy G. Biv order which makes for a beautiful display). The last time I did a project like this (back in 2012), we hung the pieces to create a large world map. This go-round I have something different in mind which I hope to have ready to share with y’all real soon. In the meantime, let’s chat monochromatic self-portraits!

 I have my older students, third and fourth grade, for an hour. After watching the start of the video below, I allowed the students the choice of either participating in the guided drawing in the video or working on their own. My classes were pretty evenly split between those who preferred guided vs. independent. Some kids would draw along for a while until they felt comfortable then migrate to their chosen table (more on that in a sec) while others would decide they’d like a little guidance and join the kids on the floor.

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Monochromatic Self-Portrait (K-3rd grade)