When we take the time to look deeply at ourselves and rediscover who we are, we sometimes see a person who we did not yet know. We have begun a project with our newest girls around portraiture, and have been working with these girls to really ‘see’ themselves again. We initially invited the girls to draw their eyes, as well as a self portrait without any dialogue and without the use of our mirrors. Following on from this we engaged in a rich discussion about the way we looked, the different features which made up our faces and the beauty of diversity. Something which we really try to foster in our classroom is celebrating difference and the girls seemed to really enjoy examining themselves as well as their friends, contrasting and comparing in a really positive manner. Next we invited the girls to re-draw their eyes and also draw another portrait, with use of the mirrors.
This work will be going on display in our classroom this coming week so make sure you have a look and observe the differences in the girls initial drawings compared to their later ones.
Here are some of the girls second drawings of their eyes:
Artist: Mila
Artist: Vanessa
Artist: Emma
Artist: Georgia J
Artist: Sara
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