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Expressions: Joy, Sadness, Surprise

Portrait Drawing: Faces and Expressions

Day 128of 180
Week 26of 36
40Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Understand how facial muscles create different emotional expressions

2

Draw the same face showing three distinct emotions

3

Recognize that emotions are a reflection of God's complex design

📖 Scripture Connection

Proverbs 15:30

“The light of the eyes rejoices the heart. Good news gives health to the bones.”

— Proverbs 15:30 (WEB)

Demonstrates how facial expressions reveal inner emotional states

📦 Materials Needed

  • Drawing paper
  • Pencils
  • Erasers
  • Mirrors
  • Colored pencils
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (5 min)

Today's BibleMouse lesson explores how our faces tell stories of emotion. Let's look in the mirror and make different faces!

💭 Review Question: What did we learn about drawing eyes in our last lesson?
2Teaching (12 min)

Exploring how facial muscles create different expressions

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • Joy lifts the corners of the mouth and creates crinkles around the eyes
  • Sadness droops the eyebrows and softens the mouth
  • Surprise widens the eyes and opens the mouth
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • How do you think God feels when He sees your different emotions?
  • What emotions do you see most often in your family?
3Activity: Three Faces, Three Emotions (18 min)
hands-on

Draw the same face showing joy, sadness, and surprise

📝 Instructions:
  1. Start with a basic oval face shape
  2. Draw the basic features in neutral position
  3. Modify the same face to show each emotion
  4. Use your mirror as a reference
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Trace a basic face outline and add emotional changes

Challenge: Add shading to enhance emotional depth

4Closing (5 min)

Share your drawings and discuss how small changes create big emotional differences

📝 Review Questions:
  • What makes a face look joyful?
  • How do eyes change with different emotions?

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll explore drawing faces from different angles

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

Children are developing emotional intelligence through art

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Encourage exploration of emotions without judgment
  • Use the BibleMouse Resource Guide for additional drawing techniques
🤔 Common Struggles:

Difficulty capturing subtle facial muscle changes

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Intentional changes in facial features between expressions

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Create an emotion journal with drawn faces
  • Practice expressions with family members

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