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Artist Of The Week!

Hello I am Isabel Wisniewski from the 6th and 7th grade journalism. This blog will tell you a little bit about Kehinde Wiley. Also In my Artist Of The Week blog I will always put in a little challenge! In my next Blog the winner of this challenge will be featured at the bottom! This weeks challenge is to paint a portrait. Submitting info is at the bottom!



(This is a photo of Kehinde Wiley)



Kehinde Wiley is a portrait artist. He is known for his naturalistic paintings of black people. One of his more famous paintings is a portrait of the former President Barack Obama. The painting went to the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery. The Gallery has portraits of all the U.S. presidents. Kehinde Wiley always makes large paintings with interesting backgrounds that always fit the painting the same way the last puzzle piece fits into a puzzle. Down below is the painting of former President Barack Obama!



Submission Info


You will vote on who wins the challenge, via google form! Also the way to submit your portrait is to email me. FPSWisniewskiI70@stu.fpsk12.net Also email me if you have any questions I would be glad to answer!


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