A silhouette is an image represented as a single shape of a single color, such as an outline of a person or object. The document instructs the reader to create a silhouette that represents themselves by drawing and cutting out a design on black paper and hand-dyeing a colored background using chalk pastels.

1. What is a silhouette?

2. What is a silhouette?
• An image of a person, object, or scene
represented as a single shape of a single
color.

4. Project
• Create a silhouette of a person, object, or
scene that represents YOU in some way
• Draw your design on black construction
paper and cut out
• Decide on what colors you want for the
background
• You will hand dye your background using
chalk pastels!