Year 9

Frida Kahlo (Part 2): Narrative/storytelling through portraiture and collage

In this lesson we will review what we learnt about Frida Kahlo in the previous lesson. We will build on our self-portraits from the previous lesson by adding composition to them.

Year 9

Frida Kahlo (Part 2): Narrative/storytelling through portraiture and collage

In this lesson we will review what we learnt about Frida Kahlo in the previous lesson. We will build on our self-portraits from the previous lesson by adding composition to them.

Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. 'Composition' is the way in which different elements of an artwork are combined or arranged.
  2. Frida Kahlo told personal stories about love and her life in her paintings.
  3. How to add composition to your painting.
  4. Collage is a piece of art made by sticking various materials such as photographic images onto a paper or fabric.

Equipment

Your self-portrait from the previous Frida Kahlo lesson, images from magazines, scissors and glue.

Licence

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4 Questions

Q1.
What is portraiture?
A drawing of someone's feet.
Correct answer: A likeness of a person as a painting, drawing or photograph.
A painting of nature.
A photograph of the world.
Q2.
What is definition?
A portrait that is particularly clear and obvious.
Any drawing on your artwork.
Correct answer: The act of defining or making something definite, distinct or clear.
The relationship between height, width and depth in an artwork.
Q3.
What is proportion?
The difference between two different artworks.
The number of different objects in an artwork.
The overall size of an artwork.
Correct answer: The relationship between height, width and depth in an artwork.
Q4.
Which statement about Frida Kahlo is correct?
Frida Kahlo only painted one self-portrait during her lifetime.
Correct answer: Frida Kahlo painted 55 self-portraits during her lifetime.
Frida Kahlo's self-portraits rarely featured animals.
Frida Kahlo's self-portraits were rarely focused on just her head and shoulders.

3 Questions

Q1.
What is portraiture?
A drawing of someone's feet.
Correct answer: A likeness of a person as a painting, drawing or photograph.
A painting of nature.
A photograph of the world.
Q2.
What is a collage?
A picture of a school.
Correct answer: A piece of art made by sticking various materials such as photographic images onto a paper or fabric.
The relationship between height, width and depth in an artwork.
Two different pictures of the same thing.
Q3.
Which statement about Frida Kahlo is correct?
Frida Kahlo only painted one self-portrait during her lifetime.
Frida Kahlo's self-portraits rarely featured animals.
Correct answer: Frida Kahlo's self-portraits told personal stories of love and life.
Frida Kahlo's self-portraits were rarely focused on just her head and shoulders.