Green Screen Portraits

New to the art room this year is the incorporation of green screen technology!  Second trimester students created a paper collage background and then used the DoInk Green Screen App to add themselves and sometimes their friends to their portraits.  These are so wonderful that I just had to show them all!  Enjoy! 

 6th Grade Portraits: 



7th Grade Portraits

8th Grade Portraits

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