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Welcome back! Grab all your supplies before the bell rings

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End of our portrait unit

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Frida Kahlo

  • 1907-1954
  • Mexican Painter best known for her self portraits
  • Suffered greatly- polo, bus accident, over 30 surgeries
  • Why paint self portraits? "Because I am so often alone....because I am the subject I know best.“
  • Her first solo exhibition in 1953

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Done with the background… on to the foreground!

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�General to Specific

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Big brushes→ Smaller brushes

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Painting 2 Painting 3

  • Black and white- background to foreground
  • Begin painting general to specific (make sure you are looking at the original picture!)

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  • Paint ornate pattern/designs in the background first!
  • Begin painting general to specific (make sure you are looking at the original picture!)

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