Article · Asian Art Museum Education
Pacita Abad: Mixed-Media Paintings
- Type
- Article
- Level
- All levels
- Price
- Free
- Published
- 2020
About this lesson
Museum education activity modeled on Pacita Abad's trapunto paintings: sketch geometric shapes, paint them in saturated color, then build raised texture by stitching and attaching beads, buttons or sequins over the paint to add dimension.
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