Seventh grade has been working on some amazing monochromatic portraits. The had their photo taken and edited in Photoshop so they could see the highlights and shadows a little more clearly. 
They traced them on the overhead, and got busy selecting a color to use and practiced mixing tints, tones, and shades with acrylic paint. 
They traced them on the overhead, and got busy selecting a color to use and practiced mixing tints, tones, and shades with acrylic paint. Painting took about 2 weeks, with a lot of careful mixing and remixing! 
The best part was seeing students' eyes as you held the paintings 10 feet away from them. "Wow, it really does look like me!" they would exclaim. Creating the art at 12 inches away from their face is not the same experience as looking at it from a distance. 
If you would like to see more, check the portraits out in the library - see if you can recognize them all!
If you would like to see more, check the portraits out in the library - see if you can recognize them all!