1st Grade Future Me Self Portraits

This is a fun self portait lesson for younger students. We studied famous self portraits and talked about what makes a self portrait successful (face is large for detail and emphasis, background is basic so it's not distracting, there are visual clues to show what is important about that person). They I asked students to create a self portrait of their dream career when they grow up. There was such a great variety of career choices and everyone enjoyed drawing themselves as successful, happy grown ups.

^^ yay a future art teacher conducting the van Gogh sunflower lesson from earlier this year!

^^ an artist, with a mustache of course

^^ caring for animals (like a vet)

^^ future major league baseball player

^^ the quietest student wants to be a police officer to help people (and because donuts are yummy!)

^^ a train conductor!

^^ and a judge referring to the bill of rights to make his decision

As always, their stories behind the pictures make my day!