We started the unit by looking at our focus artist, who was Frida Kahlo. We looked at a range of her pictures and understood the background and struggles that she has been through to create the world-famous art we see today. 

We also looked at a range of techniques that can be used for sketching, such as cross-hatching, stripling and circulism. We practised these skills and then tried to put them into use in a range of media to see the difficulties and ease. 

After that, we created our own drawing of a blow-up version of the inside of a fruit. We did this using pastels. We found, as a class, we could get the best methods of creating texture.

Finally, we have followed a professional artists' guide to creating a portrait through only pencil sketching. 

We will be creating our final pieces over the next two weeks when we try and create our own version of a Frida Khalo-style picture. 

We have done this through our Art Vision: 

Be creative.

Be proficient.

Be reflective. 

See if you can spot some of our class members from the portraits!