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Rufino Tamayo: Artist Deep-Dive

Studying Tamayo's work allows students to explore the fusion of modern art movements with indigenous cultural elements, and to understand how personal identity can be expressed through abstract forms and color.

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Rufino Tamayo: Artist Deep-Dive

Capturing the expressive quality of the brushstrokes.

Achieving the correct skin tones through careful color mixing.

color mixing

Creating texture through layering and dry brushing.

Accurate proportions of the figure.

Accurate proportions of the figure

Accurate representation of geometric shapes.