Salvador Dali Portraits
November 18, 2011
Fifth Graders are finishing up a great Salvador Dali project. They loved learning about the Surrealists and talking about their own “surreal” dreams, and found Dali’s attention-grabbing moustache very hilarious. After creating their portraits, they chose their own Dali-inspired backgrounds and pipe-cleaner moustache designs.
Dali’s Many Moustaches
This project is inspired by Anne at Useyourcoloredpencils@blogspot.com . Thanks, Anne, for an awesome lesson idea – my kids loved it!
Entry Filed under: News from Mrs. Brouwer. Posted in News from Mrs. Brouwer Tags: dreams, Fifth Grade Art Projects, portrait, Salvador Dali, Surrealism.
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Ha, cute mustache idea! Especially for Mo-vember!
I just stumbled upon these – they look great! I love what you did with the background I’ll remember that for next time. Thanks for linking back
Great lesson. I love these portraits. They’re so fun! What materials did you use and what size is the paper? Thank you!
Hi Cyndi – thanks! These were done on 12×18 heavy weight tagboard. The portraits were drawn with sharpie marker, color was added with crayon, and the background was watercolor. The fun moustaches were done with black pipe cleaners – the kids bent them the way they wanted, then I hot glued the ‘stache on for them. Enjoy!
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