Lesson Planning

Explore the remarkable portraiture of Kahlo and identify how she reflects her own personality and feelings in her paintings. Bring your own ideas for a self-portrait together.

Teaching Outcomes:

To learn about the life and artwork of Frida Kahlo.
To explore ways that feelings can be portrayed through portraiture.
To sketch the basis of a self-portrait using charcoal.
To describe feelings using a wide range of vocabulary.
To express feelings through self-portraiture.

Children will:

Explore the style and influences of artist Frida Kahlo.
Identify the key elements of Kahlo’s portraits that relate to her feelings.
Plan the main elements of their own self-portrait that represents personal feelings from a given time.
Sketch an outline of their own self-portrait in charcoal.

Planning