Self-Portrait Collages

The first sixth grade project of the grading period was a self-portrait collage. To start off we discussed what a self-portrait was, and how we could make one that depicts our personalities/interests to the viewer. Students chose images that would show off their own unique identities to include in their collages. Then students were asked to choose a shape to make their collage. They could choose from a circle, square, diamond, or triangle--they were required to choose the shape that best described their personalities (a choice they were required to defend in their artist statements). Then the students spent time gluing their images to the surface while paying attention to composition and white space. We had a lot of very successful collages this time around!