Who am I? A Study of the Two Faces of Paul Gauguin

The next step in creating our self portrait portfolio was studying the "two faces of Paul Gauguin".  We looked at two of his self portraits and compared the two.  We were introduced to a Venn diagram, and we worked together to fill out the diagram with our comparisons.

We observed his "symbolic self portrait" and talked about how he used symbols to describe and express himself.

We are using the mirrors to examine our faces and characteristics so that each time we make a self portrait, we are using more details.....

The children are examining the colors, shapes, expressions, and drawings artists use to discuss what he/she might have been trying to "say" through his/her work.......

We created our own "symbolic self portraits" inspired by Paul Gauguin.....

by Kyle

by Jaylin

by Mark