A portrait is a work of art showing someone's face. Kids learn to draw and paint portraits with the activities in this art teaching unit from KidsArt, filled with art history, worksheets and hands-on activities. Included are:

Blockheads, clay faces and lots more.

...to go along with this item: FREE ART ENRICHMENT Van der Weyden's "Portrait of a Lady" Print: when you order the KidsArt Faes Booklet.

...Supplies to accompany this item: Watercolor Painting Set Tube Watercolor Paints Crayola Watercolor Box Tempera Paint Set Acrylic Paint Set Watercolor Palette Watercolor Paper Paintbrushes

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The art history segment in this KidsArt unit introduces Portraits from the Flemish Masters, with the National Gallery of Art's "Portraits" slide program as a featured resource. See their Loan Materials Finder web page to search for loan materials by curriculum, subject or artist.

All KidsArt art teaching units bring you 16 reproducible pages of hands-on art activities. The projects are simple, innovative and easy to use in home or classroom settings. Because the activities are open-ended, teaching the process rather than a specific product or end result, they can be used with many different ages and stages of development, from preschool through middle school.