Creative idea
A painted Self-Portrait on a Canvas
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Children's personal and spatial intelligence is enhanced by this creative project when creating self-portraits and when mixing colours. When children depict themselves, they increase their self-awareness (self-wise) – and similarly by reproducing their own skin colour. Children's spatial intelligence is enhanced when mixing colours for the actual skin tone, thus learning how different colours interact with each other.
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How to do it
1 Use a small hand mirror for observing the face, whilst attempting to copy it onto a canvas using a pencil.
2 Paint the face with Art School acrylic paint, which may be mixed to create the actual skin colour.
3 Paint the back ground for the portrait according to your own taste. Let it dry.
Image-wise Spatial intelligence. Enhanced by activities in which children must use their abilities to perceive, recognise and express themselves within the spatial, real world.
Self-wise Personal intelligence. Enhanced by activities in which children must use their self-awareness, the ability to act and make personal decisions in a way which is adapted to match their surroundings.
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