Art Project For Self Portrait. Students Draw a self-portrait. The portrait should show your personality, interest, and how you see yourself. When you are finished, you will do a gallery walk.

1. UOI
How We Express
Ourselves

2. CENTRAL IDEA
Examining art helps us understand
the lives of people in different
times, places, and cultures.
How We
Express
Ourselves
#1 – Art as a window into the past.
#2 – Analysing artistic expression.
Write questions you may have
about this new unit.
Paste it on the WONDER WALL.

3. ARTISTIC
EXPRESSION
through drawing
O: I can create a piece of art that expresses who I am.
I can view different pieces of art and analyze it.

4. TASK
Draw a self-portrait.
The portrait should show your personality,
interest, and how you see yourself.
When you are finished, you will do a gallery walk.
The portrait must tel the story of who you are.
O: I can create a piece of art that expresses who I am.
I can view different pieces of art and analyze it.

5. Frida Kahlo
Portrait As Tehuana, oil
painting 1943
Portrait with monkeys, oil
painting 1943
O: I can create a piece of art that expresses who I am.
I can view different pieces of art and analyze it.

6. Picasso
O: I can create a piece of art that expresses who I am.
I can view different pieces of art and analyze it.

7. Self portraits at the Art
Gallery!

8. Gustave Courbet
O: I can create a piece of art that expresses who I am.
I can view different pieces of art and analyze it.

9. O: I can create a piece of art that
expresses who I am.
I can view different pieces of art and
analyze it.

10. O: I can create a piece of art that
expresses who I am.
I can view different pieces of art and
analyze it.

11. Self-portraits made by
students!

12. O: I can create a piece of art that
expresses who I am.
I can view different pieces of art and
analyze it.

13. O: I can create a piece of art that expresses who I am

14. O: I can create a piece of art that
expresses who I am.
I can view different pieces of art and
analyze it.

15. O: I can create a piece of art that
expresses who I am.
I can view different pieces of art and
analyze it.

16. How will you show your personality, interesests and likes?
O: I can create a piece of art that expresses who I am.
I can view different pieces of art and analyze it.

17. TASK
Draw a self-portrait.
The portrait should show your personality,
interest, and how you see yourself.
When you are finished, you will do a gallery walk.
The portrait must tel the story of who you are.
O: I can create a piece of art that expresses who I am.
I can view different pieces of art and analyze it.

18. GALLERY WALK
Walk around…
Walk around the room and look at your
classmate’s self-portraits.
Once you have looked at all the self-
portraits choose two (2) that you want to
observe further.
As you observe the two portraits answer
the questions .
O: I can create a piece of art that expresses who I am.
I can view different pieces of art and analyze it.

19. GALLERY WALK
1. What do you like about their self-portrait?
2. What is the artist’s 3 interests?
3. What does the author tell you about their
personality?
4. Interpret what you have learned about this artist
from their self-portrait.
Example: After analyzing the artist self-portrait, I feel they
kind person that enjoys playing sports and listening to
music. My evidence of this is they drew a heart on their
body and put musical instruments in their hair.
O: I can create a piece of art that expresses who I am.
I can view different pieces of art and analyze it.