Art 1- Self-portrait in objects

To wrap up our unit on contour drawing, I've had my students in Art 1 create a self-portrait by choosing 6 objects that they feel represent them. It's always an interesting way to learn more about my students as it is still pretty early in the year. They could play around with scale, were asked to draw from life with one exception where they could use a reference photo if the object was too big to bring in and create interesting composition. Everyone had to draw at least one object in cross-contour lines to really show its form. It's fun to see what objects everyone draws in common (mostly their phones!).  Here are some examples from this year:

Rylan incorporated a map of one of her favorite places

Beautiful drawing by Yana

nice composition by Alexa

Isabel's drawing

by Isabella

by Jenna

Julia is a rower, which is why she has so many band aids for her hands!

Nice drawing by Karlis

Makayla's piece

Sophia did a great job drawing her soccer goalie gloves

Timmy had fun playing with scale on this one