Sandra Silberzweig Inspired Selfies

Sandra Silberzweig Inspired Selfies

In the second half of Term 2, for Monday Mashup, we explored the Canadian artist Sandra Silberzweig and her version of self-portraits. The children initially followed a video on the symmetry of the face and how to draw this with a different lens. They then outlined their 'selfies' in vivid marker and sectioned parts of the face.

Then came the colour! For this, they explored the colour wheel and learned about complementary colours (those next to each other on the colour wheel) and contrasting colours (those opposite each other on the colour wheel).  They also learned about distinctive and blended colours. The children used distinctive or blended complementary colours for the sections of the face and contrasting colours for the details.

The outcome was Sandra Silberzweig Styled Selfies (we also learned about alliteration!). These are examples of some of the children's art. Aren't they amazing?