Little Picassos

Gan Gimmel recently learned about Pablo Picasso as part of our art curriculum. We focused a lot on Picasso’s Cubist Period since he is famous for starting Cubism. When looking at his works, we noticed that Picasso’s paintings seemed to look like many different pieces put into one. The people that he painted looked silly; painted with bright colors, faces split in half, and eyes and mouths facing different directions.

 

Pablo Picasso. Dora Maar au Chat. 1941.

Inspired by Picasso’s Cubist style, we decided to make our own portraits. First we made faces and put lines through the middle to split them in half. Then, using different bright papers with various designs, we created eyes, ears, mouths, hair, and more! Inspired by Picasso’s love of collaging, we collaged the features onto the faces. Come take a look at our Picasso portraits hanging in our classroom!

Pablo's People

Ally creating her Picasso

Gan Daled has been learning about the great artist and sculptor, Pablo Picasso. The class was excited to hear about his Blue Period and his Rose period.

Carrie making her self-portrait

Picasso originated Cubism. When he created a Cubist portrait he tried to show all sides of the face at once. This made the eyes and noses of his portraits appear to be in the wrong place.

The children used their fine motor skills to create portraits in Picasso's style.
We all enjoyed the results.

Sydney, Jonathan and Danielle displaying their masterpieces