3rd Grade: Drawing Facial Expressions from Observation

The 3rd grade artists finished their proportional, self-portraits and have moved onto how emotion is expressed on the face.  In preparation for exaggeration masks, students have been taking turns posing and drawing each other expressing an emotion on their faces.  These studies will translate into exaggerations and paper mache masks in weeks to come.

I was interested in the variety within the early sketches.  Here is a small sample from Ms. Adams’ class.