Colour and tone Light

Formal qualities of
Frida made the lighting in this painting very
Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird
The mild colors in this painting brings up clear, the light projects from in front of her
the flat and mellow vibe to it, since Frida by Frida Kahlo which is from the audience position. This
made this painting after her divorce. clearly pops her out from other objects in
the painting and the audience could have
As I know Frida also suffered from more focus on her.
multiple health and mental issues in her
life. In this painting she just looked tired
from it, the colors also represents no
action.

Highlighted area

Composition
Since this is a self portrait Frida position
herself in the middle so that it produces
focus to herself and the less important
objects are positioned around her.
Texture and pattern
The most visible pattern here is just the
stem of the leaves and her head
accessory it has the same reflected
butterfly. Other than that everything has
the same texture although they may have
different strokes technique.
Technique
Frida painted this painting by oil paint on a canvas,
As seen her face and body
Frida might have used different techniques of strokes
is in front of most objects,
in order to add details such as in her hair and animal
this surely to make focus
furs, she did not blend the colors so there are
on her face.
contrasts. The dimension of this painting is 47  cm x
61  cm I guess she also used small brushes here.