At CC we wrapped up our art history study with El Greco. His elongated art inspired our unusually long portraits of Pancho Villa + Emiliano Zapapta. We hope you have as much fun drawing them as we did!
materials (see art tools in menu for links and details)
- red and green tempera paint (note: blue and yellow make green)
- masking tape
- 2 large paint brushes
- ruler or tape measure
- 5″ x 5″ black paper
- oil pastels (color pencils will work)
- black and white color pencils
- double face tape
- varnish to seal oil pastels (optional)
- optional lettering: versa embossing marker, gold embossing powder, embossing heat tool, black marker to outline
- number rubber stamps and ink pad
STEP No.1: mexican flag
- divide paper or 2 sketch book pages into three equal sections
- use masking tape to make a straight edge
- paint left side green, leave middle the white of the paper, paint right side red
STEP NO.2: DRAW PANCHO VILLA + EMILIANO ZAPATA
TUTORIAL: DRAWING ELONGATED EL GRECO STYLE PORTRAITS
STEP NO.3: COLOR portraits WITH OIL PASTEL OR COLOR PENCILS
TUTORIAL: COLORING PORTRAITS WITH OIL PASTELS
STEP NO.4: ASSEMBLING AND LETTERING
- adhere portraits in sketchbook with double face tape
- write history sentence NOTE: part of the history sentence is left out in order to stay clear of copyright infringement.
- number stamps and a black ink pad for the date
- embossing marker for the gold names …. a fun new tool to our family. see demo and art tools in the menu. note: the ink dries very fast on the watercolor paper. I was only able to do one letter at a time before it dried and the embossing powder would no longer adhere.
- outline the gold embossing in black marker to make it pop.
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