After our previous success with portraits I thought we would try a family group portrait. To take out the tedium of making a guideline drawing first I provided each family member with a base drawing to work on. I made this using scrapbook software and printed it out lightly on cartridge paper.
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Template for portrait drawing |
Each family member took a turn to sit in front of the others who were drawing them. The person modelling used a mirror to look at themselves. L became very grumpy with this and walked off, hence the grumpy girl in the pictures. Here's R's masterpiece, it reminds us of "the Scream" by Edvard Munch.
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Family by R age 4.5 |
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The Scream - Edvard Munch |
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