Ethnic Self-Portraits

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Ethnic Self-Portrait Project

• Depict yourself as a member of a different ethnic group other than your own.

• Work from a digital portrait of yourself. Bring this on Monday.• Add features such as clothing, piercings, tattoos, body

adornments, headpieces, hairstyles, etc...that are distinctive of your ethnic group.

• Add landscape in background that depicts that ethnic origin.NOTE: This lesson is not meant to be offensive or politically incorrect. The focus is to learn about and draw different cultures. This is a fun and educational assignment where students can portray themselves in different ethnic groups, other than their own.

African

Japanese

Hispanic

Swedes

Aborigines

Student Examples