1. Real to Abstract
5th Grade

2. Bring a good eraser.
Follow directions to draw a generic human face with classic proportions.
Chalk the skin tones.

4. 5 Abstract Face
View Pablo Picasso’s “First Steps”Discuss the meaning of abstraction
Discuss why artists abstract
Discuss techniques that cubists use to abstract
Watch David Hockney portion of “Behind the Scenes” DVD
Sketch 5 abstract faces (finish for homework- put list of techniques on wiki). Limit colors if needed to help the composition.
Draw final on heavier paper.
Choose media appropriately, use chalks or paints to color large areas first; do details last with marker, crayon or colored pencil.
Mount and attach a plastic flip-back label that shows your understanding of the cubist techniques.

5. Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881–1973)
Mother and Child
(First Steps), 1943
Oil on canvas, 51 1/4 x 38 1/4 in. (130.2 x 97.1 cm)
©2004 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

6. Cubism: ways to abstract
Multiple views,
transparency,
marriage of contours,
projection,
shifting planes,
part for the whole,
abstraction of line, shape, color, or texture
Distortion

7. Cubism Techniques Multiple views:
the look of something from different views
Transparency:
You can see through it when it is over lapped
Marriage of contours:
when 2 or more objects are joined together by an edge
Projection:
when you move something where it does not go
Shifting planes:
moving of a group of parts to a different spot
Part for the whole: only drawing a part of a whole
Abstraction: making real looking things look out of order by creatively changing line, shape (often to geometric), color, or texture.
Distortion: stretching, shrinking, or bending a shape

29. ArtActivities continued!
Girl with a Boat (Maya Picasso) Oil on canvas. Galerie Rosengart,
Lucerne, Switzerland.
Students inspired by this activity may have fun creating other Picasso-style faces with this interactive online program!