---
title: "Y6 using proportion to create self-portraits"
url: "https://st-bridgets-pri.cumbria.sch.uk/blog/2023-11-28-14-00-00-y6-using-proportion-to-create-self-portraits"
school: "St Bridget's Catholic Primary School"
---

# Y6 using proportion to create self-portraits

  ![Image of Y6 using proportion to create self-portraits](https://files.schudio.com/st-bridget-s-catholic-primary-school/images/blog/IMG_1058.jpeg)  28 November 2023   [Year 6](https://st-bridgets-pri.cumbria.sch.uk/blog/category/year-6)

Year 6 have been learning how to draw self-portraits in their art and design topic of drawing. They learnt how to use their sketching pencils effectively to create cross-hatching to form the illusion of light and shade. They then considered the proportion of their facial features.

### Y6 Self-portraits

  [![](https://files.schudio.com/st-bridget-s-catholic-primary-school/imagecache/720x720s/gallery/y6-self-portraits/IMG_1036.jpeg)](https://files.schudio.com/st-bridget-s-catholic-primary-school/images/gallery/y6-self-portraits/IMG_1036.jpeg)

  [![](https://files.schudio.com/st-bridget-s-catholic-primary-school/imagecache/720x720s/gallery/y6-self-portraits/IMG_1037.jpeg)](https://files.schudio.com/st-bridget-s-catholic-primary-school/images/gallery/y6-self-portraits/IMG_1037.jpeg)

  [![](https://files.schudio.com/st-bridget-s-catholic-primary-school/imagecache/720x720s/gallery/y6-self-portraits/IMG_1038.jpeg)](https://files.schudio.com/st-bridget-s-catholic-primary-school/images/gallery/y6-self-portraits/IMG_1038.jpeg)

  [![](https://files.schudio.com/st-bridget-s-catholic-primary-school/imagecache/720x720s/gallery/y6-self-portraits/IMG_1039.jpeg)](https://files.schudio.com/st-bridget-s-catholic-primary-school/images/gallery/y6-self-portraits/IMG_1039.jpeg)

  [![](https://files.schudio.com/st-bridget-s-catholic-primary-school/imagecache/720x720s/gallery/y6-self-portraits/IMG_1040.jpeg)](https://files.schudio.com/st-bridget-s-catholic-primary-school/images/gallery/y6-self-portraits/IMG_1040.jpeg)

  [![](https://files.schudio.com/st-bridget-s-catholic-primary-school/imagecache/720x720s/gallery/y6-self-portraits/IMG_1041.jpeg)](https://files.schudio.com/st-bridget-s-catholic-primary-school/images/gallery/y6-self-portraits/IMG_1041.jpeg)

  [![](https://files.schudio.com/st-bridget-s-catholic-primary-school/imagecache/720x720s/gallery/y6-self-portraits/IMG_1042.jpeg)](https://files.schudio.com/st-bridget-s-catholic-primary-school/images/gallery/y6-self-portraits/IMG_1042.jpeg)

  [![](https://files.schudio.com/st-bridget-s-catholic-primary-school/imagecache/720x720s/gallery/y6-self-portraits/IMG_1043.jpeg)](https://files.schudio.com/st-bridget-s-catholic-primary-school/images/gallery/y6-self-portraits/IMG_1043.jpeg)

  [![](https://files.schudio.com/st-bridget-s-catholic-primary-school/imagecache/720x720s/gallery/y6-self-portraits/IMG_1044.jpeg)](https://files.schudio.com/st-bridget-s-catholic-primary-school/images/gallery/y6-self-portraits/IMG_1044.jpeg)

  [![](https://files.schudio.com/st-bridget-s-catholic-primary-school/imagecache/720x720s/gallery/y6-self-portraits/IMG_1045.jpeg)](https://files.schudio.com/st-bridget-s-catholic-primary-school/images/gallery/y6-self-portraits/IMG_1045.jpeg)

  [![](https://files.schudio.com/st-bridget-s-catholic-primary-school/imagecache/720x720s/gallery/y6-self-portraits/IMG_1046.jpeg)](https://files.schudio.com/st-bridget-s-catholic-primary-school/images/gallery/y6-self-portraits/IMG_1046.jpeg)

  [![](https://files.schudio.com/st-bridget-s-catholic-primary-school/imagecache/720x720s/gallery/y6-self-portraits/IMG_1047.jpeg)](https://files.schudio.com/st-bridget-s-catholic-primary-school/images/gallery/y6-self-portraits/IMG_1047.jpeg)

  [![](https://files.schudio.com/st-bridget-s-catholic-primary-school/imagecache/720x720s/gallery/y6-self-portraits/IMG_1048.jpeg)](https://files.schudio.com/st-bridget-s-catholic-primary-school/images/gallery/y6-self-portraits/IMG_1048.jpeg)

  [![](https://files.schudio.com/st-bridget-s-catholic-primary-school/imagecache/720x720s/gallery/y6-self-portraits/IMG_1049.jpeg)](https://files.schudio.com/st-bridget-s-catholic-primary-school/images/gallery/y6-self-portraits/IMG_1049.jpeg)

  [![](https://files.schudio.com/st-bridget-s-catholic-primary-school/imagecache/720x720s/gallery/y6-self-portraits/IMG_1050.jpeg)](https://files.schudio.com/st-bridget-s-catholic-primary-school/images/gallery/y6-self-portraits/IMG_1050.jpeg)

  [![](https://files.schudio.com/st-bridget-s-catholic-primary-school/imagecache/720x720s/gallery/y6-self-portraits/IMG_1051.jpeg)](https://files.schudio.com/st-bridget-s-catholic-primary-school/images/gallery/y6-self-portraits/IMG_1051.jpeg)

  [![](https://files.schudio.com/st-bridget-s-catholic-primary-school/imagecache/720x720s/gallery/y6-self-portraits/IMG_1052.jpeg)](https://files.schudio.com/st-bridget-s-catholic-primary-school/images/gallery/y6-self-portraits/IMG_1052.jpeg)

  [![](https://files.schudio.com/st-bridget-s-catholic-primary-school/imagecache/720x720s/gallery/y6-self-portraits/IMG_1053.jpeg)](https://files.schudio.com/st-bridget-s-catholic-primary-school/images/gallery/y6-self-portraits/IMG_1053.jpeg)

  [![](https://files.schudio.com/st-bridget-s-catholic-primary-school/imagecache/720x720s/gallery/y6-self-portraits/IMG_1054.jpeg)](https://files.schudio.com/st-bridget-s-catholic-primary-school/images/gallery/y6-self-portraits/IMG_1054.jpeg)

  [![](https://files.schudio.com/st-bridget-s-catholic-primary-school/imagecache/720x720s/gallery/y6-self-portraits/IMG_1055.jpeg)](https://files.schudio.com/st-bridget-s-catholic-primary-school/images/gallery/y6-self-portraits/IMG_1055.jpeg)

  [![](https://files.schudio.com/st-bridget-s-catholic-primary-school/imagecache/720x720s/gallery/y6-self-portraits/IMG_1056.jpeg)](https://files.schudio.com/st-bridget-s-catholic-primary-school/images/gallery/y6-self-portraits/IMG_1056.jpeg)

  [![](https://files.schudio.com/st-bridget-s-catholic-primary-school/imagecache/720x720s/gallery/y6-self-portraits/IMG_1057.jpeg)](https://files.schudio.com/st-bridget-s-catholic-primary-school/images/gallery/y6-self-portraits/IMG_1057.jpeg)

  [![](https://files.schudio.com/st-bridget-s-catholic-primary-school/imagecache/720x720s/gallery/y6-self-portraits/IMG_1058.jpeg)](https://files.schudio.com/st-bridget-s-catholic-primary-school/images/gallery/y6-self-portraits/IMG_1058.jpeg)

  [![](https://files.schudio.com/st-bridget-s-catholic-primary-school/imagecache/720x720s/gallery/y6-self-portraits/IMG_1059.jpeg)](https://files.schudio.com/st-bridget-s-catholic-primary-school/images/gallery/y6-self-portraits/IMG_1059.jpeg)

  [![](https://files.schudio.com/st-bridget-s-catholic-primary-school/imagecache/720x720s/gallery/y6-self-portraits/IMG_1060.jpeg)](https://files.schudio.com/st-bridget-s-catholic-primary-school/images/gallery/y6-self-portraits/IMG_1060.jpeg)

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