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The Wiz Self Portrait Project
Project type
Watercolor portraits, limited to 1 hue for subject and 1 hue for background
Students learned about the movie "The Wiz" and became familiar with the societal obstacles each character faced. They witnessed how each character overcame their obstacles and how each student may relate to at least one of the struggles.
Students will chose the character trait they relate to most and wrote a 2-paragraph explanation describing their choice. Students had their photo taken in-class. Their photos were used as their source for their portrait.
Students used their printed portraits as references to practice sketching in sketchbooks.
Students learned about how to apply watercolor paint onto the