Fauvist Portraits in Complementary Colors

• For this project the first grade learned first about a famous portrait painter (Amedeo Modigliani) and then about the art movement called Fauvism. Modigliani was the inspiration for their naturalistic but simplified self-portrait drawings while the Fauves inspired the use of vibrant color.
• In painting their portraits the students had to make use of color theory, especially the idea of complementary colors: colors that look good together precisely because of their differences. Students learned how to identify complementary colors and how to use them for effect in their work. corresponding parts of their portrait on either side of the center line are done in complementary colors (red/green, blue/orange & yellow/purple).