This instructional resource, designed to be used by and with elementary level students, presents six portraits by master artists from diverse cultures and historic periods, as starting points for exploring various artistic techniques. Images include: "Dead King Amenophis I" (Egyptian, 1050 B.C); "Head of Neptune" (Roman, 500…

Describes a two-part art activity in which second-grade students first create self-portrait puppets of themselves as band members and then create another portrait puppet in the Cubist style of Pablo Picasso. Explains that the activity enables students to compare realistic and abstract styles. Includes learning objectives. (CMK)

Offers an art activity for students in the primary grades that focuses on the effect a sneezing motion has on the individual features of the face. Expounds that the students draw an expressive self-portrait of themselves sneezing using a marker to encourage freer linear expression. (CMK)

This document is a packet of information for art teachers about the Gorgeous Mosaic, a project being carried out by the classroom art teachers of the world in which students individually draw portraits of the many different types of youngsters there are in their world on small cardboard tiles. The completed tiles are mounted on panels for…

This packet contains information and directions for those teachers or administrators coordinating and implementing the Gorgeous Mosaic Project at their elementary schools, middle schools, or high schools. This packet is to be used with the teacher's packet. The Gorgeous Mosaic is a project being carried out by the classroom art teachers of the…