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-picasso-9440021/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-picasso-9440021/videos/pablo-picasso-paintings-3852867961?cmpid=MRSS_theFilter_Profiles_BIO

Picasso Portraitasymmetry & cubismConcept: 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.

• Materials

– 1 folded page newspaper 13x20 (preferably the classified section in black and white. Keep folded so paint won’t soak through)

– 1 sheet newsprint (for sketching ideas)

– black poster paint

– med. paint brushes

– water containers for rinsing brushes

– oil pastels

– tray for paint (paper plates)

• Class Periods - 2

• Pre-class Prep: provide folded newspaper pages

• Set Up: day 1

– Cover tables

– set out pencils, practice paper

– set aside brushes, paint, newspaper, water containers, pastels

• Set Up: day 2

– place students drawings on table

– set out pastels

• Make sure the students put their name and date on every project!

• 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.

Carafe, Jug, and Fruit Bowl, Pablo PicassoViolin and Palette, Georges Braque

Can you find the objects?

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

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.

Discussion

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.

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.

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.

Remind them they will get to fill them in with pastels

later.

About Picasso

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

Picasso was 13, his father found him

painting over one of his sketches and

realized the young Picasso would be a

better painter than himself.

He co-founded Cubism and produced a

monumental 20,000 artworks during his 70-

year career.

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 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 show through or

even be pure newsprint in some areas, let

them decide. There is no right or wrong way to

do this…Have fun!

If students finish early they can draw more

Picasso like faces.

vocabulary• 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?

• Background info and Breakdown of Picture:

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nf3Q7gS_YSA

• http://www.biography.com/people/pablo-picasso-9440021/videos/pablo-picasso-guernica-3853891685?cmpid=MRSS_theFilter_Profiles_BIO

• 3D:

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jc1Nfx4c5LQ