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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

• riginal 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

• n 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!