Rainbow Self-portrait Collaboration

In January the students did a study of Frida Kahlo focused on her self-portraits and subject matter. We also incorporated color theory, learning about the color wheel and terms like hue and analogous.  Many of the students were thrown out of their comfort zone when they could only use green and yellow, orange and red, or purple and blue. Many cried for black, but after a moment they started to make the connection that red is darker than orange and yellow is lighter than green. The older students were given a mirror to use. All of the students were given instructions of placements of the eyes, size of the head, ear, nose, lips. over all the project was a great exercise, in color, drawing, and observation. Students enjoyed seeing the collaborative end result.