LESSON TWO: TIM BURTON INSPIRED PORTRAITS
I am a giant Tim Burton fan! Whether it's The Nightmare Before Christmas or Edward Scissorhands, I love a good Burton film!
Fun fact: We used to live around the corner from the house featured in Edward Scissorhands! Even though it looks like your typical house in the suburbs now, I always loved driving by it, imagining being a part of the film. The local supermarket had sculpted topiaries, too, that fit right in with the scene from the movie.
To start this unit, we did an introductory to Tim Burton and learned about his background history. If your child is not already familiar with Burton, I recommend starting with the movie Frankenweenie. It's animated and the least dark, in my opinion.
Materials: 11x13 sketch paper, 8.5 x 11 white cardstock, pencil, black marker, TPT Guide
My kids have seen many of his films already and so, they are very familiar with his style.
We watched this short film on YouTube: Click Here
And read this biography online: Burton Bio
To begin, we divided our 11x13 sketch paper into several sections and in each square drew a Burton-styled facial feature, head shape, hair style, etc.
This TPT purchase was helpful in guiding us during this step: Click Here
From there, we each chose one of each feature that we identified with best and puzzled together our self-portraits.
