
Second graders will use both positive and negative space, along with the familiar technique of crayon resist, to make their portfolios reflect their own unique feelings and moods:
2. Cut out and save both the positive and negative shapes.
3. Using a crayon, draw a horizontal line across the middle of your portfolio. No need to use a ruler – you don’t need to measure anything and it doesn’t even have to be straight!
4. Now draw two somewhat “vertical” lines (they can be a little slanted) so that the front of your portfolio is divided into six sections. Use a different color for each line.
5. Place your cut-out person inside the portfolio and use the side of a broken crayon (with paper removed) to make a texture rubbing of it.
6. Change colors and move your person to a new spot and make another rubbing.
7. Keep changing colors and making new rubbings until you have at least 7 or 8 “people” on the front of your portfolio.
8. Using watercolors, paint each person, but change colors when a person crosses over into a new section. Paint all the people this way.
9. After you’ve painted all of your people, paint the background of each section a different color than any of the colors you used on the people in it, and a different color than the other backgrounds next to it. Experiment with mixing new colors to reflect your different moods and feelings!
10. Finally, use a black UF Sharpie to add expressions to each of your faces, to go with the colors you painted them.
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