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Pablo Picasso 1881-1973

One of the greatest artists of the 20th Century!

Self-Portrait by Pablo Picasso; 1896. Born in Spain in on Oct. 25, 1881 He loved to draw and paint. His first word was “Piz”, which is Spanish for “Pencil”. His dad was an art teacher Lived to be 92 years old & created over 20,000 art objects in his life! Self-Portrait by Pablo Picasso; 1896.

Pablo Picasso Picasso drew this pastel portrait of his mother when he was 15 years old! Maria Picasso Lopez, the Artist’s Mother, 1896; Pastel on Paper

Cubism – Re-imagining SHAPE & Space Portrait of Ambroise Vollard by Pablo Picasso; 1909 The Three Musicians by Pablo Picasso; 1921

Cubism Created with Georges Braque between 1907-14 in Paris, France “The Cubist painters rejected the inherited concept that art should copy nature… They wanted instead to emphasize the two-dimensionality of the canvas. So they reduced and fractured objects into geometric forms, and then realigned these within a shallow…space. They also used multiple or contrasting vantage points.” -Retrieved Jan 2013 from http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/cube/hd_cube.htm

Self-Portrait by Pablo Picasso; 1907

Weeping Woman by Pablo Picasso

Tete d’Une Femme Lisant by Pablo Picasso

Paintings by Gr. 2’s at FES

Abstract Snowman Materials: Pencil (name on the back) Cardboard (pizza box lid; 10”x14”) Liquid tempera paint in welled palettes to share (e.g. blue, red, green, magenta, black) Individual Palettes with white paint (styrofoam plate) Paint brush (small & medium sizes) Water container Newspaper (to protect desks)

Abstract Snowman Brainstorm components of a snowman… ‘Draw’ with paint brush and black paint… Start with a vertical line down the middle of the cardboard/page Arrange and experiment with asymmetrical shapes and ‘fractured’ or ‘misplaced’ components to create the IDEA of a snowman rather than a realistic representation of one

TINT = COLOUR + WHITE (lighter value) Abstract Snowman Value & Colour Mixing… Use a variety of colours and TINTS to paint the shapes and spaces in your abstract work TINT = COLOUR + WHITE (lighter value)

Abstract Snowman Use black paint and a smaller brush to add details (or to reapply black lines)