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Girl Power! Making Self-Portraits Inspired By Frida Kahlo

April 22, 2024 By Debra Disman

My “Making Art Inspired By Great Artists” students all girls aged 7-10, were inspired by artist Frida Kahlo to create their own self-portraits, and I was inspired by their magnificent works!

They  learned how to draw a face in proportion working only in pencil, no color, then added color, still using pencil to retain the delicacy of their line work. Finally they added detailed, designed and imagined backgrounds inspired by Kahlo’s use of Magical Realism. They had the fun embellishing black matboard frames which fit around their drawings with an array of paper and gem stickers, attaching them, and seeing how the frames brought together each piece.

Their process, creativity and learning was a joy to behold!

Behold: Girl Portrait Power!

 

 

 

Filed Under: ARTISTS, Student Work, Teaching Artist, Women Artists Tagged With: Afer School Arts Enrichment, After school art class, After School Art Classes, After School Arts programs, Arts Enrichment, City of Santa Monica Youth Office, CREST, Drawing, Drawing Faces, Faces, Frames, Framing, Frida Kahlo, Girl Power, How to draw a face, Magic Realism, Magical Realism, MAKING ART INSPIRED BY GREAT ARTISTS, Santa Monica Public School After School Enrichment, Self-portraits, Teaching Artist

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