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Frida Kahlo Portrait

Sketchbook Page: Gratitude

Gratitude Portrait

Gratitude Portrait Week 1

Gratitude Portrait Week 2

Sketchbook Page: What Makes You Happy

Spring Fox

Mom Deserves the World

Blue Gold: MES Stinger with Hive

Take Me to the Beach

Frida Kahlo Portrait

Options:

Draw Frida Kahlo using correct face proportions.
Use Frida Kahlo as inspiration to create your own self portrait. Use correct face proportions.

Expectations:

Week 1: Draw Frida's face using face proportions worksheet. (This typically takes students 1.5-2 hours)

Week 2: Trace with black marker or sharpie. Add Color.

Learn more about Frida Kahlo. Take a digital Field Trip to the Tate Museum

Click the link below.

https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/exhibition/frida-kahlo

Frida Read Aloud

Learn More!

Frida Kahlo Portrait

Draw Frida Kahlo using the correct face proportions.

Proportions means correct size relationship.

Size relationships of the face:

Eyes- halfway from the top of your head to your chin
Nose- halfway from your eyes to your chin
Mouth- halfway from your nose to your chin
Hairline- halfway from your eyes to the top of your head
Ears- Top of ear lines up to your eye. Bottom of ear lines up to your nose.

Check out the worksheet below to review.

Color

Use what you have at home to add color to your art

Suggestions:

Crayons
Makers
Colored pencils
Tissue paper flowers for your hair.
Collage a frame around the portrait.

If this project felt hard that's okay.

Portraits are hard.... but that's why I learned to love Frida. Drawing myself can be.... no fun. But drawing Frida is always fun.

Why drawing Frida is fun:

Frida was a beautiful woman but she did not paint herself as beautiful. Frida wanted to look strong, powerful... fierce. Looking pretty was the last thing she cared about. LOOK AT THOSE EYEBROWS! She went for the power brow 😂

If drawing yourself is frustrating draw Frida. Remember, shes NOT supposed to look pretty in art. Shes supposed to look wild. To Frida imperfections are WHY her art is beautiful.

When you look at your work remember Frida's ideas: Art is not always supposed to be beautiful. Art can look wild. Art can look silly. Art can look powerful. Imperfections are beautiful and unique.

Sketchbook Page: Gratitude

Sketchbooks are important. Sketchbooks are where artists practice drawing. They also help artists brainstorm.

This sketchbook page is about gratitude. What are you thankful for?

Create your own sketchbook page!

*If you have been sad lately that is OKAY. Some days I've been bummed out too. I miss my art students and my friends. To help myself feel better I started a gratitude challenge. You are invited to join my challenge. Keep a gratitude sketchbook. Every day spend 5 minutes drawing a picture of one thing you are grateful for.

Gratitude Portrait

This art project is based on WHO you are grateful for.

Stop and think: Who would you like to say "Thank you" to this week?

Create a portrait of that person using the Proportions of the Face worksheet below.
Write them a thank you letter. Don't forget to tell them why you are thankful for them!

Expectations:

Week 1: Draw face using face proportions worksheet. (This typically takes students 1.5-2 hours)

Week 2: Trace with black marker or sharpie. Add Color.

Ten Thank You Letters

Being Thankful

Gratitude Portrait Week 1

Draw a face using the correct face proportions.

Read the directions. Follow the worksheet step by step.

Change your drawing to make your picture look like the person you are drawing.

Gratitude Portrait Week 2

Add a background.
Color your portrait following all of the coloring rules.

Color the same direction.
Stay inside the lines.
No white paper.

3. Add a frame.

4. Write thank you letter.

Sketchbook Page: What Makes You Happy

Our next lesson will be about what makes you happy.

Sketchbooks are important. Sketchbooks are where artists practice drawing. They also help artists brainstorm.

Now is your time to brainstorm. Create your own sketchbook page is about what makes your happy. Draw yourself and what makes you happy.

Spring Fox

Project Expectations:

Time expectations based on previous art lessons:

Draw background: 30 minutes-1 hour

Draw fox: 30 min.

Add texture to fox: 1-2 hours

Cut and glue: 30 minutes- 1 hour

Step 1: Draw a fox

Draw fox with a pencil. DO NOT TRACE OR PRINT.

Option 1: Study the fox. Draw what you see.

Option 2: Use the guided videos to draw a fox. DO NOT ADD COLOR.

Need help? Use these guided videos. Do not add color!

Step 2:

Trace fox with sharpie.
Color the eyes and nose black.

Color the same direction. Stay inside the lines. No white paper.

Use a pencil and draw striped division lines on your fox. Look at the picture for help.

Step 3: Add Texture.

Texture is the way something feels. A fox feels fuzzy.

Using a sharpie create short dashed lines in each striped section.

Step 4:

On a separate sheet of paper draw flowers using markers.

Step 5:

Draw stems with crayons.

Step 6:

Paint water on top of your flowers. The marker will blur and look like watercolor paint.

Ta-Da! The background is finished. Let it dry.

Step 7: Cut and glue your fox.

The black & white vs. the colorful flower background create CONTRAST.

Mom Deserves the World

Directions:

Choose your favorite guided video project and create a masterpiece!

Blue Gold: MES Stinger with Hive

Follow the step by step directions to create a stinger.

BEE CREATIVE: There are two options for stingers and two options for hives. Pick your favorite or create both.

Project Expectations:

This is a two week lesson. Based on previous projects this activity would take 2-3 hours.

Week 1: Create a stinger.

Week 2: Create the hive.

Week 1 Step 1: Draw a stinger

Option 1

Week 1 Step 1: Draw a stinger.

Option 2

Week 2 Step 2: Create a Hive

Option 1- Printmaking with Bubble Wrap

Materials:

Bubble Wrap
White Card Stock or Construction Paper
Yellow and Orange Paint (we used Tempera paint)
Paintbrush
Scissors
Yellow and Orange Construction Paper (optional)

Option 1- Printmaking with Bubble Wrap

Directions:

Cut a sheet of bubble wrap to match the size of your white card stock or paper.
Paint the bubble wrap.
When the bubble wrap is completely coated in paint, grab a sheet of white card stock or paper, and place it on top of the painted bubbles, pressing down firmly on the entire sheet of paper.
Carefully remove the paper, turning it over to reveal the beautiful beehive bubble print. Set aside to dry completely. Repeat for more paper.
Once the paint has dried, grab your scissors and start cutting hexagons out of the bubble-printed paper. For an extra punch of color and dimension, feel free to glue each hexagon onto a piece of yellow and/or orange construction paper. Leaving a border of solid color, cut out the hexagons again.