A few years ago she ran her first online art course and I took it on a whim and one of the projects was a mixed media assignment that I have since used as inspiration in several children's projects. They all seem to really enjoy the process of building many layers of different materials into a painting and the results are always very interesting.
The kids worked on this project over a couple of days, finishing it on the third day of camp.
We started with canvas squares and a whole bunch of paper scraps I have in my own studio. Once they finished, they added paint, stamp marks, oil and chalk pastel. Then they got down to work creating their self portraits and painting them in acrylic. Some of them chose to do their portraits with a 3/4 view and others wanted to stick with what they had learned from the previous days. I was supportive of either one.
Once finished, they added either self affirmation statements, their dreams of what they'd like to accomplish as grown ups, or simple sentences of what they find important or love in their life at this moment.
Whatever they decided, I know as they grow they will cherish this small part of the work the most when they look at the final painting.
Each and every one of the art pieces truly reflects the child who created it.
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