Para Empezar:
Write at least one sentence about each term (what do
you know about it / think it is?)
1. symmetry 2. asymmetry 3. shape -
4. abstract 5. cubism 6. Pablo Picasso -
Who is Pablo Picasso?
Birth:
http://www.biography.com/people/pablo-picasso9440021/videos/pablo-picasso-birth-3940931752
Life/ Art:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tPOMvuO0Yg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeZvp0juhRE
Paintings:
http://www.biography.com/people/pablo-picasso9440021/videos/pablo-picasso-paintings3852867961?cmpid=MRSS_theFilter_Profiles_BIO
Picasso Portrait
asymmetry & cubism
Concept: To create an abstract portrait in black line on newspaper, then use oil pastels to fill in Cubist shapes in and around the portrait.
Objective: Learn about the artist Pablo Picasso - his style of abstracting a face through asymmetry and Cubism.
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Materials
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1 folded page newspaper 13x20 (preferably the classified section in black and white.
Keep folded so paint won’t soak through)
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1 sheet newsprint (for sketching ideas)
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black poster paint
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med. paint brushes
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water containers for rinsing brushes
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oil pastels
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tray for paint (paper plates)
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Class Periods - 2
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Pre-class Prep: provide folded newspaper pages
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Set Up: day 1
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Cover tables
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set out pencils, practice paper
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set aside brushes, paint, newspaper, water containers, pastels
Set Up: day 2
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place students drawings on table
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set out pastels
Make sure the students put their name and date on every project!
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symmetry - in drawing, is a balanced arrangement of lines and shapes,
on opposite sides of an often-imaginary centerline (the line of symmetry)
asymmetry - one side does not reflect the other side
cubism - art made up of cubes,
spheres, cylinders, cones, and
other geometric shapes.
The paintings looked like
someone had cut them up and
glued them back together.
Can you find the objects?
Carafe, Jug, and Fruit Bowl, Pablo Picasso
Violin and Palette, Georges Braque
Three Musicians
What shapes do you see?
What colors?
Do you see lines that go in different directions?
(hair, nose, chin, sleeves)
Portraits of women
painted by Picasso in
his lifetime.
see the profile
Discussion
Discuss symmetry/asymmetry
Show slides of Picasso’s work.
Talk about his portraits of people and how abstract
(weird, twisted, crazy), asymmetrical (one eye high, one
eye low, etc), and cubist (show the picture of the Three
Musicians) they are.
cubism - art made up of cubes, spheres,
cylinders, cones, and other geometric shapes. The
paintings looked like someone had cut them up and glued
them back together.
Three Musicians - can you see the instruments? Have
the kids point them out as well as other parts.
Cubists wanted to show the most important parts of the
things they painted. Look at this face It shows you every detail of the face even though you
would never be able to see all sides of his face at the
same time.
Cubists wanted to show all the sides of an object in the
same picture.
portraits of women - in these portraits, you can see both
the profile and the straight on view at the same time.
Picasso Faces
• Lets try!
• http://www.picassohead.com/create.html
Procedure
• Day 1:
1. On a separate piece of 8 ½ x 11 paper, have students practice
sketching their abstract face. If students are confused about
drawing their own free form abstract face, they can create an
abstract face by using simple overlapping shapes such as squares,
triangles and circles.
1. Draw a large oval shape. It should take up most of the paper.
2. Draw curves down the middle of the oval to create a profile. There
should be a forehead, nose, lips, and chin. We are creating a view
of a profile and a full face.
Two points of view to be seen simultaneously.
**This was often a goal of cubism, creating viewpoint from
different planes to be viewed all at the same time.
Using their practice sketch
have students paint the lines of their abstract portrait on the
newspaper.
Remind them to draw big and bold and asymmetrical, but
DO NOT fill in the shapes with black, just draw black
OUTLINES of the face and if they want they can draw the
body too.
Talk about the quality of the black line:
their lines will be more interesting if they vary their lines
using thick and thin lines instead of all the same thickness
Use paint straight from the jar. It will dry faster.
Use the long shape of the newspaper to create wonderful
lines and shapes.
3. Draw in eyes. Any shape they want because this is an abstract
project.
To get a more realistic shape, start by making a "rainbow curve" on
the top under it, to make a "happy face smile"
4. Find the lips and draw a sideways "V" to define the edge of the
mouth. Repeat on the other side. These should be SHAPES not
just outline. The shapes will be filled in later with color.
5. Add eyebrows, ears, hair, and a small "C", normally or backwards
depending on which direction the profile nose points.
Remind them they will get to fill them in with pastels later.
Day 2
1. Show students more of Picasso’s work (slide 11)
and talk about colors he used and the boldness of his
colors. Later in his life circus people, acrobats and
comedic characters influenced the colors and mood of
his paintings (oranges, pinks, yellows and other
cheery colors). Talk about how color can create a
mood. Ask what mood they get from these works.
2. Tell students they can pick three colors of pastels
to use. Suggest at least one bright color if they chose
About
Picasso
neutrals. Show them how you use pastels on their
sides and rub, sometimes using your finger to smear
colors. If they want to use more than three colors,
have them share with their neighbor. Using different
colors, have students fill in large areas (or shapes of
color) throughout. It is okay to let the newsprint
Picasso lived in Spain, he spoke Spanish and
his first words were “piz, piz” – a shortening of
the Spanish word for pencil. Picasso’s father
was
also
an
artist.
When
Picass
show through or even be pure newsprint in
some areas, let them decide. There is no right or
o was 13, his father found him painting over
wrong way to do this…Have fun!
one of his sketches and realized the young
If students finish early they can draw more Picasso
like faces.
Picasso would be a better painter than himself.
He
co-founded
Cubism
and
produced
a
monumental 20,000 artworks during his 70-year
career.
vocabulary
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symmetry - in drawing is a balanced arrangement of lines and
shapes, on opposite sides of an often-imaginary centerline.
asymmetry - the opposite of symmetry, when one side does
not reflect the other side
Shape - the outward outline of a form. Basic geometric
shapes include circles, squares and triangles.
abstract - not realistic but expressive, imaginative or creative
way to show the essence of something
cubism - subject matter is broken up, studied and
reassembled in an abstracted, geometric form
Guernica
• What do you see?
• What do you think this means?
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Background info and Breakdown of Picture:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nf3Q7gS_YSA
http://www.biography.com/people/pablo-picasso9440021/videos/pablo-picasso-guernica3853891685?cmpid=MRSS_theFilter_Profiles_BIO
3D:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jc1Nfx4c5LQ