As part of our term one theme of 'Knowing Us', Puriri class created self-portraits....with a twist!
First, we explored the layout and feel of our face by closing our eyes and tracing around our facial features (eyes, nose, mouth, chin, jawline, ears and forehead). Our teacher talked us through this process. Once we had done this, we took a black vivid marker and placed it in the centre of our A3 pieces of paper.
We again closed our eyes and drew with the pen while using our other hand to feel upon our faces as before.
This process was a new experience for most of us, having never before created something with our eyes closed. Some of us struggled with the concept at first, some found it difficult to keep their eyes closed the entire time. Everybody took great delight in opening their eyes and having their creations revealed to them at the end of the session.
The resulting art pieces are a mixed bag of squiggly lines, some forms, various shapes and outlines. We finished the pieces off using oil pastel and hairspray to seal in the pastel effect.
The students showed great resilience; it was a rewarding lesson about ‘creating to create’, not for the finished product. It gave the students the freedom to explore their creativity with no ego and no judgement involved.
During this session the students displayed these achievement objectives:
- Communicating and interpreting - Share the ideas, feelings, and stories communicated by their own and others’ objects and images
- Developing practical knowledge - Explore a variety of materials and tools and discover elements and selected principles
- Developing ideas - Investigate and develop visual ideas in response to a variety of motivations, observation, and imagination.
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