Culture Days 2016 : The No-Phone Selfie
October 17, 2016 2023-05-09 12:32Culture Days 2016 : The No-Phone Selfie
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Culture Days 2016 : The No-Phone Selfie
This year for Culture Days Sophie Babeanu and I did have a fun activity where participants were drawing a selfie, the old fashion way 🙂 That is without a cell phone.
Culture Days is a weekend of free activities that are happening all over Canada, this year it was on October 1st and 2nd.
Using a mirror and washable felts, you can draw directly on the mirror and transfer that drawing to a damp paper.
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Here are the steps to make a No Phone Selfie felt tip monoprint:
- Draw the outlines of your face and your features directly on the mirror with washable felts
- You might need to close one eye , then the other to see better what you are drawing on the mirror.
- Spray a paper that is the size of your mirror (printer paper will work) with water. You can experiment with different degrees of dampness for various effects. I find it works best when you spray the paper and remove excess water with a tissue paper.
- Apply your paper on the mirror and press with your hand being careful not to break the mirror
- Let your portrait dry, you can add more details and colors once it is dry.
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![teenagers drawing self portraits](https://paintingdemos.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/IMG_3983-600x400.jpg)
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Check out all the portraits our visitors made on the gallery here
And here is a video made by the North Vancouver Recreation & Culture, where you can see glimpses of our activity in the studio.