Self portraits from the teen class in spring

I just found some photos of student work that I wanted to share.
I suggested to the students to do a self portrait using values (black and white) with a color pop.
One is done on full sheet watercolor paper with subtle green eyes and the other is acrylic on 16x20 canvas.

Charcoal Toys, Marbles and Tea, students ages 10 to 12

Maya

Louis

Meghan

Morgan

Elise

Dahlia

Alex

These charcoal drawings were done on textured 17 x 22 inch paper. We talked about values and accuracy in what they observe. I am really happy that all the students took on tough subject matter (they could have just done a baseball). It was a pleasure to watch them work. They checked their angles and the relationship of one part to another part of the drawing. They also did a great job at drawing textures, reflections and shadows.