Hoopa Elementary Self Portrait Project 

Each of the nine grade levels at Hoopa Elementary School are starting the year with a self-portrait project.  We are excited to support this whole school effort to incorporate the arts into self expression and writing. Each class will display their portraits and writing with an image and a biography of the assigned portrait artist.  Families and friends will be provided a “passport” – map of the campus to collect stamps from each grade level display, which earns a family portrait provided by hired photographers.  

Kindergarten

Todd Parr is the illustrator/ artist inspiring these colorful, cheerful self-portraits.

Grade 1

Revolutionary color use and paper collage are the marks of Henri Matisse's portraits

Grade 2

Inventive, colorful geometric shapes can be found in the work of Paul Klee. 

Grade 3

Faith Ringold is an American artist who worked primarily in paintings and quilt stories. 

Grade 4

Frieda Kahlo uses a more realistic style with symbolism in her self portraits

Grade 5

Distorted realism and symmetrical composition identify Amedeo Modigliani's works.

Grade 6

Chuck Close breaks his portraits into a mathematical grid and fills each space with a unique color or shape.

Grade 7

Native artist David Bradley examines how Native Americans are often caught between two worlds in his portraits.

Grade 8

Pablo Picasso's abstract portraits are among the most influential artworks of the 20th Century.

Realistic portraits

Some artists create realistic portraits.  Here are some resources for teaching that skill at any grade: