PICASSO SELF PORTRAIT

3 TH GRADE FEBRUARY ART PROJECT

PICASSO AND CUBISM

Picasso self portrait The Three Musicians

CUBIST
PORTRAIT
  
Cubists created a new
way of seeing things
Showed a model from
all sides at once
Body shapes were
simplified or changed
into squares
ABSTRACT ART TIMELINE
1890- Impressionism & Post Impressionism-
emphasis on lighting and ordinary subject
matters- Cezanne
1906- Cubism- objects are broken up and
reassembled in abstract form- Picasso & Braque
1910- Expressionism- distortion of reality- Klee
1917- De Stijl movement- grids, lines, and
primary colors- Mondrian
1935- Geometric Abstract Art- just shapes-
Kandinsky
TODAY’S PROJECT

Cubist self
portrait in the
style of Picasso
Draw portrait
Cut it up into
geometric shapes
Reform portrait in
cubist style
STEP 1 – PENCIL SKETCH
Draw a self portrait
Sketch with pencil first
• Oval outline
• Use proportions as a guide
• Facial features
Simple is good
STEP 2 - CRAYON
Color your portrait in
You can use realistic colors or
very bright colors
• divide up your portrait into 10
sections BEFORE you color
so that each section is a
different color
STEP 3 – CUT INTO SHAPES
Cut out portrait from white paper
Areas should be large and
geometric
Each shape should have a
recognizable feature in it like an
eye or nose
Shapes should go to the edge of
the portrait, not be ‘holes’ in the
middle of a larger shape
Cut into approx. 10 pieces
Pieces should be a variety of
shapes (not all perfect squares)
As you cut, put your portrait
together normally- you can mix it
up after all the pieces are cut
STEP 4 – GLUE
Black paper is your background
Arrange shapes to form a cubist
portrait
You should see black between
the shapes
Shapes can be
• In slightly wrong place
• Upside down
• rotated