DESIGN A MONA LISAYOUR WAY. The Mona Lisa is one of the most - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

DESIGN A MONA LISA…YOUR WAY.

• The Mona Lisa is one of the most famous paintings of all time. • Painted by Leonardo DaVinci between 1503- 1505

• It became even more famous in 1911 when it was stolen from the Louvre. • It was later recovered in Florence, Italy hanging in a hotel two years after being taken.

Mystery and turmoil has surrounded the painting throughout history. The identity of the woman in • the painting is still a mystery. Some believe that it is the female form of Leonardo Da Vinci himself. Most popular belief is that the woman was Lisa Gherardini, who was 24- years-old and a mother of two sons.

For your next assignment you are going to design your own Mona Lisa • You have creative freedom…but it must be an ORIGNIAL idea… • We want to have 20 or more different Mona’s to hang up.

You will be given a handout to TRACE the shape of the original on….

• This will help you get started with the original layout and you can tweak it to make it your own

There are MANY different styles that you can use to make this assignment your own…. • You can use a CUBIST style….breaking her up into shapes…

• Cartoon style….BUT…I do not want any words on your work.

• You could keep her much the same but add your own color to her…

• You don’t even have to paint her…she could be collaged right on there.

IF you are not so good at doing FACES….what are some solutions to having to paint the face?

• Add glasses or some other feature to make it easier on you!

Here are some more examples.

• She doesn’t even have to stay human..

You are going to be graded on the following…… • How creative you idea is. • How many details you add to your work to add to give the viewer more information about her whereabouts or era. • Neatness in your PAINTING! • Do you best work!