William H. Johnson Study

2nd Grade students read "Li'l Sis and Uncle Willie" by Gwen Everett. Students learned a little bit about William H. Johnson's life and why his artwork is important. Students drew themselves with someone that is important to them, much the way Johnson did. Students drew their portraits as if the people in the painting were looking at a camera, the way Johnson did in many of his paintings. They painted their portraits with tempera paint and then outlined their shapes with black marker.