1. Self-Portrait Project
Plan, Create, Present and Reflect

2. Drawing

3. Face Card Portrait
           
Picture is YOU but looks like a traditional face card.
Card had to have a point of  symmetry
Should include pattern.
Materials: Heavy drawing paper or poster board, pencils, permanent markers, rulers, temper paint or acrylic or markers could be used. 

4. Clear Window Portraits
           
Use Photoshop to turn a photo of you into a 4 color value scale to make drawing easier.
Trace face on clear plastic with permanent marker
Color with markers adding details and a background.
Display on window with light showing through

6. What's in your head?
       
Think about the parts of your brain and how they work.
Draw images and symbols that show your activities and personality based on the Left side (logical-mathematical) and the Right side (creative) of the brain.

8. Scratchboard from digital photograph
           
Dramatic lighting was used to create striking photographs of the students.
Using Photoshop, high contrast images were created.
Students used a variety of textures.

10. Painting

11. What do I Value? Painting
           
Create a painting using only black, white and values of gray.
Think about the things you value and what is important to you. Then create a list to use for the painting.

12. Glue Relief Self Portraits
           
Students draw self portrait from observation using mirrors.
Plan composition on newsprint paper then transfer to black construction paper.
Outline with white glue - focus on patterns on clothing.
Include a personal symbol that represents self.
Allow glue to dry.
Color portrait with oil pastels or soft pastels.

13. Profile Portraits
           

14. Poetry Portraits Write poetry about yourself
           
Write poetry about yourself
and collage the poetry a hand made book

15. Pop Art Lichtenstein style
           
Look at work by Roy Lichtenstein and other Pop Artists
Create a painting or drawing that in comic style using the famous DOT technique.

16. Face in the Mirror Watercolor
Draw the back of your head inside a room environment and include a mirror frame.
Paint with water colors
Glue in digital picture of yourself looking into the mirror.
           

17. Collage

18. What is in Your Head? Who am I Collage?
           
Digital or paper collage
Find images that match your interests.
Get a photo of yourself in profile.
Cut out the silhouette in black and fill the ret with images.

19. Contour drawing and digital collage
Draw a pencil self-portrait from observation. 
The drawing will be scanned into the computer and in Adobe Photoshop combined with images that describe the artist's life.
           

20. Digital Ideas

22. About Me PowerPoint
           
Get photos of yourself doing your favorite activities.
Put it in a Power Point with other images, sounds and movies that share your likes and dislikes.
Include a movie clip or audio clip of YOU TALKING about yourself.

23. Photo story
           
Use photostory or windows movie maker to create a video slide show of pictures from your life.

24. 3-D Ideas
Clay and Sculpture

25. Pottery Sculpture
           
Of yourself or the things you like to do

26. Self Portrait Ceramic Plates
           

28. Bobble Head Dolls
           
Get 2 plastic drink bottles The body was a bottle. The head was a bottle which I cut about an inch from the top.
Paper Mache both parts
Draw in pencil on the paper Mache.
Then color with markers! 

29. Personal Identity in a Box
           
Decorate a box with pictures and items that show your personality.
In this case the box IS a person, including arms and legs and a brain. The brain shows things the student thinks about.

30. Pillow Portraits Draw your face with pencil on muslin
           
Draw your face with pencil on muslin
Paint with fabric paint
sew along the contour shape of their portraits and then stuff and sew closed

31. Personal Identity Shadow Boxes
           
Decorate a box with pictures that show your personality.
Must include a drawing or picture of you on the outside. Appearances and activities.
On the inside put things that have to do with your personality

32. Moveable Murals – Life size portrait cut-outs
           
Photograph yourself
Draw it life sized onto cardboard
Paint or collage