Portraits and Keepsake Boxes - Picture me in College
Saratoga Family Inn
Course
Elizabeth DiGiorgio, Drawing I & II, Department of Art and Design
Overview
Students draw portraits of children from Saratoga Family Inn, add
decorative motifs related to the interests of the children, and
attach the drawings to keepsake boxes for the children to keep.
Course Objectives
• apply general rules of portraiture to the specific models
sitting before them
•
develop a greater understanding of drawing as a means of
personal expression of both the model and the artist
•
synthesize their knowledge of their subject/model and
present that knowledge in a visually unified way.
Interests of Partner
Help the Saratoga students to project a positive self-image, to
begin to feel comfortable in the college setting and to see college
as a stimulating and positive place and a possibility for their
futures.
Activities
Children from Saratoga Family Inn visit the QCC drawing studio.
QCC Students converse with the children and together they decide
on the pose and decorative motifs. Students draw the portraits
from the live models. In subsequent weeks, students add
decorative motifs and affix the portraits to keepsake boxes. They
also select an aspirational quote to leave in the box. At a final
meeting, students present children with their boxes.