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Symbolic Self-Portrait

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​Students use animal character traits to create a self-portrait of themself as an animal.
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  • Self-portrait to learn about students self-perception and identity
  • This lesson is suggested for the beginning of the year as a way to prepare for the other symbolic portrait project later in the year.​
  • Introduces symbolic thinking 
  • Uses a more structured artistic process than the later project.

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Lesson Plan

This is the full lesson plan for the unit with connections to VAPA standards.
lesson plan
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Animal symbolism slide show

Students connect animals to their character traits
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Other Resource Links

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Flowers page
​Symbolism Worksheet
Alphabet fonts
​Animal Symbolism
Animal images Packet

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Project Evaluation

This is a checklist for pairs to complete
checklist

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Videos

Here is a video about this project made for teachers by students.  The video was made using Adobe Spark.
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Artist Statement

An example artist statement frame and example
Artist Statement
More videos below
A guide to creating watercolor backgrounds with the "vignette" effect.
​Also available here (not on YouTube)
A guide to adding color with oil pastels to the transparency.
​​​Also available here (not on YouTube)
A guide to tracing the image onto transparency.
​​Also available here (not on YouTube)
Two ways to add text to your image
​​Also available here (not on YouTube)