Our fourth grade self portraits began as a lesson in technology when we learned how to use Adobe Photoshop in our art class. Then we turned back the clock to the 16th century and learned about the life and work of Leonardo da Vinci. Inspired by his mirror image writing, we prepared our photos on the computer by sizing them to fit in the printer and turned them into black and white images. Using only one half of the photo, we created a mirror image drawing to complete our portraits. Transposing shapes, lines and curves into mirror image is a terrific way to train our eyes to see objects more accurately.
It was not possible to upload these drawings to Artsonia because they contain photographic images of the students. Therefore, I present to you a preview of our portraits on this blog post and will be sharing all the images up close in our art show later this month.
This looks amazing!
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