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A silhouette of a person with long hair on a white background. The inside is colored in a purple, pink, orange, yellow, and green background. Hand drawn objects fill the inside space.

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Create an entirely different type of self-portrait! Draw a silhouette of yourself in profile and then fill that shape with illustrations of your favorite hobbies, memories, and things that you feel define you. For this activity, you will need a pencil, paper, eraser, black ink pen, and either colored pencils, markers, or crayons. As always, if you don’t have everything on this list, don’t worry – feel free to be creative and find substitutions for any supplies you may not have on hand.

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