self-portrait

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                                    about the class

                                    Children work in oil pastels:
                                     to create their likeness in a close up

                                    aspects learned

                                    1. techniques: blending, shading and line directions
                                    2. vocabulary: terms desribing self portrait, i.e., diagonal line,
                                        dotted line, thick, thin line
                                    3. history: the study of various portraits of Van Gogh, brief
                                        history of life and influences

                                   Project designed to meet the requirments of Gr. 3 Visual Arts
                                   curriculum. Taught to 30 children during a period of 3
                                   consecutive art lessons.




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