second grade self-portraits

ned's class did the most amazing

self-portrait project for mother's day.

{click on the image below to get a better view}

his awesome teacher, 
miss michalak {say: mee-HALL-ick},

did this project with the kids.

{she does this every year for mother's day.}

she had the kids start with a mirror,

a 5" x 8" sheet of paper,

and a pencil.

she talked about face shapes,

facial features, and proportions.

using their mirror as a guide,

she had them draw their faces,

roughly the size of their hand,

on the paper with the pencil.

next, she had them lay a piece of

5" x 8" plexiglass on top of their drawing.

using a sharpie, they traced their drawing

onto the plexiglass.

then, they flipped the plexiglass over

and painted the back using acrylic paint.

there was lots of debate

about how to mix the paints to create 

their accurate hair and skin colors.

after the paint dried, there was an opportunity

to fine-tune the sharpie on the front.

the results were so beautiful.

the kids really captured their physical features,

as well as their personalities.

{front}

{back}

{i love that ned added his beauty mark}

{of course, it is a mirror image}

i am just so impressed with these

aren't they amazing?

♥