The 4th grade is learning the different techniques to draw a self-portrait. They start by learning about the proportions of the face to understand how spacing is involved. Then we move onto some quick gesture drawings where they are not allowed to look at the paper at all! This is often a source of humor after we look down to see our characters. Next, we do timed drawings in one minute, five minute and nine minutes. All this practice helps take away some of the pressure we feel when attempting to draw portraits. We will spend the next several weeks working on a larger self-portrait project.