Andy Warhol-esque self portraits.

Earlier this year, I lead some of my clients at the day program through this art activity. I photographed them, then traced their images with permanent marker so that I just had the outlines of all of their features. Then I photocopied it, and voila! Self-portrait coloring sheets! My clients each colored 4+ copies in all different colors, then we placed them on poster sheets in the arrangement of Andy Warhol's "Marilyn". We then sealed everything with mod podge. The results were fantastic! My clients loved it, and it was so neat to see how differently all of them color!





So, I decided to try this activity with the kids with autism that I work with. Again, great results!

Fish-eye lens photography.

This past month, I lead a photography program at the Day Program. My clients love photography! And they are so interested in how it works. One day, I brought in my little, yellow, point-and-click, fish-eye lens camera. I took my clients for a walk and let them take the photos with this camera. I am not sure if they were being vain or wanting to see the photo being taken, but they kept on turning the camera on themselves! Here are some of the results.

good news:

The paintings all sold at the gala!
In total they raised about $500, which will go towards autism research and funding the school.

I received much positive feedback on them, and there might be potential for me to do another similar series later on... we'll see!