5th Grade Positive Profile Portraits
In fifth grade one of the topics covered in Health class is a positive self-image. In trying to make that cross-curriculum jump, I wanted the fifth grade students to create Positive Profile Portraits.
They started out by choosing 10 positive character traits they felt matched their personalities. As the students were writing their 10 character traits and their definitions I called the students up to have the outline of their profiles traced. After their outlines were traced, the students wrote their name and their 10 selected character traits on the outline of their profile (first in pencil, then again in marker).
We are painting in our Positive Profile Portraits using watercolors in Analogous color scheme combinations. The students practiced creating even washes and dark color outlines in watercolor before they could begin to paint their portraits.
The students are painting their portraits using 3 colors. The lightest color will be their background color, the mid-tone will become the base for their face, and their darkest color will become a bold outline to emphasize the profile of their faces.
They started out by choosing 10 positive character traits they felt matched their personalities. As the students were writing their 10 character traits and their definitions I called the students up to have the outline of their profiles traced. After their outlines were traced, the students wrote their name and their 10 selected character traits on the outline of their profile (first in pencil, then again in marker).
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| Top 2 faces are pencil only outlines, bottom 2 are completed outlines in marker. Top center piece are student examples of watercolor practice. |
The students are painting their portraits using 3 colors. The lightest color will be their background color, the mid-tone will become the base for their face, and their darkest color will become a bold outline to emphasize the profile of their faces.
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| More student examples to come!! |
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