Teen Focus on Painting:

Palette Knife Portraits

Grades 6-12

Overview: Students create an acrylic portrait painting through painting techniques using only a palette knife.

Essential Skills: Discover how to create 3 simplified values: highlights, mid-tones, & shadows. Learn how to sculpt and carve into paint to create texture. Experiment with representational imagery using irregular tools.

Vocabulary + Terms: Value Grouping, Contrast, Harmony

Artist Inspiration: Catherine Kehoe