Pablo Picasso An Abstract Artist By Randy Farley

Who was Picasso?  A painter born in Spain.  Creator of Cubism.

What is cubism?  A form of art where the artist turned natural organic shapes into geometric shapes to create a work of art.  This form of art was created by Picasso and other abstract artist in Paris during the 20 th century.

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Cubist Portraits  Picasso used two different angles when he created a portrait. He used a profile view and a frontal view of the face.  He always drew a line in the middle to separate the two views.

Profile  You can only see one eye, one ear, and half of the mouth.  The nose is sticking off the face with only one nostril showing.  You can see the outline of the face.

Frontal  You can see both eyes, both ears, and the whole mouth.  The nose is in the center of the head and you can see both nostrils.  You can not see the outline of the face.

Day 1: Drawing the portrait  Start off by drawing the shape of your head.  Next put a line down the center of the head to separate the profile view from the frontal view.  Draw the eyes nose mouth in profile on the side designated as profile and draw the eyes nose and mouth in a frontal view on the side the side that is frontal.  In the background, make different geometric shapes by connecting two rays at a vertices.

Day 2: Outlining With Black Glue  Trace over each line with the black glue.  Keep your elbows up.  Stand up.  Turn your paper longways, like a hot dog, not tall like a building.  Start at the upper left hand corner and move from left to right and top to bottom.

Warm and Cool Colors

Day 3 and 4: Warm and Cool Colors  Use warm or cool colors to color in the face.  Use the opposite set of colors to color in the background.