Art in the Classroom
Ms Freeman’s class
November 7, 2006
Self-Portrait
1896
Self Portrait
1899-1900
Self Portrait,
cubist period
Pablo Ruiz Picasso
"Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain
an artist once he grows up." ~ Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso
• Born in 1881 in Spain
• Began drawing at age 7
• His mother and father and
cousins encouraged him
• At 19 he moved to Paris
and studied in the Louvre
• He painted for 75 years in
many styles
• He was a creator of
Modern art
La Vie 1903
Old Guitarrist 1904
Woman with Crow 1904
• Pablo Picasso’s father taught him how to paint
• He had a time when many of his paintings were in
shades of blue, his “blue period”
WHY?
Pablo Picasso
Spanish, 1881 - 1973
The Tragedy, 1903
oil on wood,
Circus Acrobats and Ape 1905
Girl with Fan 1905
A couple of years later he was happier and his
paintings had more color
This is called his rose period
In 1907 he began painting in what would be
known as cubist style
Cubism:
Landscape with Bridge 1909
•Flatten space
•Experiment how shapes make form
Repose. Paris, spring 1908. Oil on canvas
Picasso’s Cubism:
•Take apart objects and
rearrange them
•To show different
viewpoints at the same
time
•To show an object as if
you see it from several
angles or at different
moments in time.
Girl with a Mandolin (Fanny Tellier). Paris,
late spring 1910. Oil on canvas,
head
eyes
Used basic forms to show how they
make up what we see
Each part is reduced to its most basic
shape
These are shown from many angles
at once
Portrait of Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, Paris, Autumn 1910
Oil on canvas
Violin and Grapes. Céret and Sorgues, spring-summer 1912. Oil on canvas
Pablo Picasso. Head.
(1913). Charcoal on paper
As his style
changed he used
more colors and
patterns
Girl Before a Mirror 1932
Picasso simplified things into
basic shapes like circles and
triangles
He used bold black outlines,
sometimes with bright colors
His works show how each piece is
a part of the whole
Picasso showed objects from many viewpoints at a time
Profile of her face
Entire face
His colors and shapes show emotion
Show an object from many viewpoints
at one time
Simplify into basic shapes like
circles and triangles
Use bold black outlines
Use colors and shapes to show emotion
• Draw a profile line in the middle of the paper with pencil
• Draw a face shape around it
• Add eyes, nose(s), mouths – think about using shapes
(circles, triangles, squares)
• Draw hair connecting hair to edge of paper
• Trace using a black marker
• Add color
Use bold black outlines
Use colors and shapes to show emotion
• Draw a profile line in the middle of paper with pencil
• Draw a face shape around the profile
• Add eyes, nose(s), mouth(s)
•Do the profile side first
•Then the full face
• think about using shapes (circles, triangles, squares)
• Draw hair connecting hair to edge of paper
• Trace using a black marker
• Add color
•Use different colors for profile and full face