first grade portraits

I found this project on www.artprojectsforkids.org and they provide a free stencil! I also thought it would be a good way to incorporate some writing into the students' artwork. Students came to art prepared with words and sentences describing their summer to use for a background for their art. We traced the image of the person with sharpie, (I didn't cut out cardboard stencils like the website suggested, the students just put the image under their paper and traced through it.) Next we decorated the figure and wrote our words in the background. Finally students colored their shirts and painted with a wash of watercolor.

First grade work: