It's Day 19 of the '29 Faces in February' Challenge....! I will be posting my 19th Face later on this evening, but first this morning I'm making up for yesterday's post, Day 18, when computer issues last night were making our internet impossibly slow to use (doncha hate that?).....
My Face for Day 18 features a sketchbook pencil portrait:
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| A sketchbook portrait of one of my students |
As mentioned previously in my blog here and there, I have a group of 10 youth for whom I teach weekly private art classes. An ongoing fun and
entertaining deal that I have with my students right now, is that if they each
bring me their sketchbooks (staggered throughout the year), plus a photograph of themselves, I will take
their sketchbooks home with me and return them with a completed pencil portrait of their photos. It's a fun exercise and
good practice for me (and perfect for this Challenge!), plus it always goes over really well with the
kiddos. My main aim is to provide an example for my students, and to encourage them in
the ongoing use of their sketchbooks -- but in doing so I'm hoping also
to create a nice lasting keepsake for them.....
5 comments:
I bet your a great teacher! I like this idea. Great face.
What a fabulous idea! Great practice and exercise, so encouraging, and I'll bet the kiddos just love your sketches!
This is fantastic, I didn't realize you taught art classes. I love that you do that with their portraits too.
Great Portrait. I have been doing one a day in my sketchbook. I never used it before. You should have been my teacher. Then maybe it would be full of drawings!
Lovely portrait! What a wonderful idea as a teacher (wish my teachers did something like that)! It would be a perfect keepsake.
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