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Mr. A. from Lawrence, MA is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Monochromatic Ink Portraits

My students need watercolor paper, black and colored inks, enough to supply roughly 100 students for a highly engaging portrait project.

  • $822 goal

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Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Students

My visual arts classroom consists of highly expressive and engaged artists, learning and having fun. My students, almost all are ESL learners, must master the understanding and use of the academic vocabulary. Ink Portrait Project, "The journey of 1000 miles, begins with a single step" Lao-Tzu

My students live in a low-income, predominantly Hispanic population.

Most of the students parents speak English as their second language as is true for many of the students. The school is a small high school within a larger high school campus and is making great strides improving test scores and improving students engagement and retention towards graduation. Art is a great way to make connections to students that struggle in school and may need to release stress. Others thrive given the chance to show their creative expressive side in this highly expressive and colorful culture in this community. The students are extremely talented in the visual and creative arts.

My Project

My Donors Choose classroom project idea is an Ink Portrait assignment for three Introduction to Drawing classes, serving over 100 students. This drawing project teaches students how to create realistic portraiture while simplifying the form into larger shapes of bold color. With the use of the grid method, the students enlarge and transfer their image onto the paper. This grid method allows the student artists to break the large portrait into smaller boxes, making the lengthy process manageable and helpful in obtaining accuracy. Students will apply their prior knowledge of Color Theory through the completion of the project and the specific colors they select, and they will apply their newly acquired academic language through writing about the artistic process.

In any inner city classroom, finding engaging student centered projects can be a struggle, where the distraction and the lure of the streets can sideline many young individuals in completing a high school education.

This portrait project has become my most engaging, student requested, and surprisingly difficult project. I have developed and refined this project over several years.

Mr. A. Lawrence High School Performing & Fine Arts Grades 9-12

Equity Focus

At this school, more than 50% of students are Black, Latino, and/or Native American, and more than 50% come from low-income households. Learn how your donation to this school supports a more equitable education.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Lawrence, MA View local requests

Nearly all students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Bienfang Watercolor Paper - 18" x 24", 140 lb, Single Sheet • Blick Art Materials $0.91 200 $182.00
Daler-Rowney FW Acrylic Water-Resistant Artists Ink - 1 oz, Primary Colors Set, Set of 6 • Blick Art Materials $21.46 8 $171.68
Winsor & Newton Drawing Ink - 30 ml, Black Indian • Blick Art Materials $4.99 30 $149.70
Daler-Rowney FW Acrylic Pearlescent Liquid Acrylic Artists Ink Set - 1 oz, Set of 6 • Blick Art Materials $21.46 3 $64.38
Liquitex Professional Acrylic Ink - 30 ml, Titanium White • Blick Art Materials $5.31 10 $53.10
Daler-Rowney FW Acrylic Pearlescent Liquid Acrylic Artists Ink - 1 oz, Sky Blue • Blick Art Materials $3.74 6 $22.44
Daler-Rowney FW Acrylic Pearlescent Liquid Acrylic Artists Ink - 1 oz, Hot Cool Yellow • Blick Art Materials $3.74 4 $14.96
Standard Shipping • Blick Art Materials $0.00 1 $0.00

Materials cost

$658.26

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$9.87

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$698.13

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$123.20

Total project goal

$821.33

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $821.33

6 Donors

-$310.67

Donations toward project cost

-$264.07

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$46.60

Matching donations from our partners

-$510.66

Match offers toward project cost

-$434.06

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$76.60

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