Pablo Picasso “I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it.”

Pablo Picasso was a Spanish painter and sculptor. He is best known for founding a style with Georges Braque called CUBISM. For this project, we will study Picasso’s portraits, and then make self-portraits!

Self Portrait

Three Musicians

Vocabulary Color Line Balance Profile Collage

Color When light is reflected off an object, color is what the eye sees. The primary colors are red, yellow and blue. The secondary colors are orange, purple and green Warm colors are red yellow orange. Depict moods of happiness or can show action, warmness, and can make objects appear larger. Cool colors are green blue violet. Depict sadness, coldness. The colors you choose for your self-portrait will tell something about you to your viewer!

Line A line is an identifiable path of a point moving in space. It can vary in width, direction and length. === ||||| \\\\\ ~~~~~ \/\/\/\/ The kinds of lines you use will show different kinds of emotions or feelings about you! If you were showing excitement would you use diagonal or straight lines?

Profile The side-view of your head. In our self portraits we will have a front and profile view!

Balance Asymmetrical Balance: informal balance, balance using unlike objects that have equal visual weight. Symmetrical Balance: formal balance, perfect equality, visual balance on both sides. The balance in our self-portraits will be ASYMMETRICAL BALANCE.

Collage Collage was begun by the Cubist. Here is one example where Picasso glued or collaged cloth letters, and tape to the canvas. We will create a collage with torn paper for our self-portraits! Still Life With Chair Caning

Do you see the front and profile view in this portrait?

Instructions 1. Practice drawing your face from two different perspectives, front and profile view. 2. Draw face from two different perspectives: front and profile joined at line of symmetry. Both sides should be asymmetrical not symmetrical. 3. Cut out or tear paper in a collage way to fill in face, like the Cubist did! 4. Fill in background in Cubism style with a variety of lines, and maybe some different shapes.