Second graders just recently completed their art history unit with this lesson on the painter, Amedeo Modigliani. For this lesson students studied how he was influenced by the Mannerists. We compared and contrasted some of his portraits with The Madonna of the Long Neck by the Italian painter Parmigianino,
This project took two 45 minute sessions.
Day 1: Together we drew the portrait very lightly with pencil. We started by tracing a pattern and elongating the features.We reviewed complementary colors and used them to mix neutral skin tones. Then we mixed another neutral for the background. (Some classes mixed the background on day 2)
Day 2: Using self portrait mirrors, students traced pencil lines and added details for our self portrait with water soluble oil pastels. We used cups of water and paintbrushes to soften the lines of the pastels. I encouraged them to add layers.
Great results!
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