LET’S DRAW FRIDA!

Art Supplies:

• Frida Kahlo Drawing Guide Printable

• A3 Watercolour Paper or Art Paper

• Sharpie Marker

• Watercolour Paints

• Medium Round Brush

DRAWING THE FACE

Draw a ‘U’ shape for Frida’s face starting half way up the page. Little Artists can draw this shape with their finger first to practice the outline. Add two vertical lines for the neck, sweeping out to the side for shoulders. Then add two almond shaped eyes, a line for eye lids and thick black eye brows (the thicker the better - these are iconic for Frida!).

Next add a nose and mouth. I often draw a mouth so that the top lip looks like a wide ‘M’. The hardest part of the drawing is done!

ADDING THE FLOWER CROWN

Leave some space between the top of the face to draw the start of a monkey. Draw a circle for the face and two little ears and wobbly arms - these can go in any direction. Draw a curved lined for the monkey’s back - the rest of the monkey will be behind some flowers, we will draw his tail a little later.

Fill the first row of flowers above the face with about 4 BIG blooms. I share some flower examples on the board with my students, they love selecting different combinations to place on their Frida. It’s great for the first row of flowers to be BIG and fill in the top of her forehead.

Throughout the drawing part of this lesson our class stops and completes a ‘gallery walk’ - which is just a fancy word for walking around the room at everyone’s progress. This is a great way for students to find other flower ideas and arrangements they might like to add to their flower crown.

MORE FLOWERS

Continue adding a second row of flowers, making sure they over lap. Here students can experiment with a variety of sized blooms or continue with repeating larger flowers they have already drawn. Don’t forget to draw some simple ears and dress up Frida with earrings and a necklace. Finally, we add sprigs of leaves or berries as if they are ‘falling out’ of the flower crown.

PAINTING

Begin the watercolour painting process with painting the skin tone and monkey. We used Monte Marte 38’s Watercolour Palette which already had some great skin tones and brown colours. Then move onto the first four big flowers. My Frida is wearing a RAINBOW flower crown, but some students opted for cool or warm colour schemes.

Work your way towards the top of the page painting one flower at a time.

FINAL PAINTED OUTLINES

Watercolour paints dry very quickly. By the time you finish painting the first layer of flower colours you should be able to paint some fine details on top. My Little Artists chose darker colours to outline flowers straight over the top the sharpie marker lines and also add some extra painted brush strokes on the petals and leaves.

Your Frida portrait is done!

You can also apply the steps in this project to paint a picture of ‘Mum’ or someone special (Mother’s Day art!). Just released a NEW bundle of 6 video art lessons based on famous artists. The full length Frida Kahlo lesson is inside as well as projects inspired by Vincent Van Gogh, Henri Matisse, Picasso, Salvador Dail and more! The Great Artists bundle is all about learning about famous artists and their iconic masterpieces. You can shop my Great Artist bundle below.

The full length video lesson of this project is ALSO inside my Online Art Club for Kids. To access this lesson and heaps more jump over here to check it out.

I would love to see what your Little Artist creates. Tag me on instagram @art_with_georgie or email your pic through to me [email protected] I always reply to every message.