Step 1 - Introducing the Master Artist: Slideshow Guide MOTIVATION BEGIN READING HERE Today I m going to show you two portraits of children. The first one is of a boy wearing a clown costume and sitting in a chair. The second portrait is of a girl sitting in a chair and holding an orange. I want you to decide if the same artist, or two different artists, painted these pictures. Click Start Lesson To Begin 1. & 2. PAUL AS HARLEQUIN and PALOMA WITH ORANGE Show slide 1 for 3-4 seconds, then show slide 2 Does this look like the same artist painted both portraits? (NO) But the same artist did paint both portraits even though the styles are quite different from each other. The first portrait is a realistic looking painting of his son, Paul. Does the second portrait look realistic? (NO) He painted his daughter, Paloma, in an ABSTRACT style, which means it does not look real; it does not look like a photograph. The styles are different, because our artist kept changing the way he painted. He was never content to stay with what was successful. His painting styles would become popular, and other artists would begin to copy him. Then he would be off trying something completely new. That is one reason why he is one of the most famous artists of the 1900s. Let s meet today s master artist and find out how and why his work changed. 3. SELF-PORTRAIT I would like to introduce you to master artist Pablo Picasso. This is one of his self-portraits painted when he was twenty-five years old. Picasso was born in Spain in the late 1800s. As a child he could draw pictures before he could write, or even talk! He would draw for hours with help from his father, who was an art teacher. His drawings became so good that he attended an art school when he was only fourteen years old. All his fellow students were in their twenties. He showed great talent and completed the art course in record time. Picasso left Spain to live in Paris, France. This was an exciting city for an artist, because it was the world art center at that time. Artists came from many different
countries to study art and learn from their fellow artists. The first painting you will see was done by Picasso when he first lived in Paris, France. 4. THE BLIND MAN S MEAL Have you ever experienced this when you are in a really good mood and things are going well, everyone you meet seems happy, too? But if you re in a bad mood and something has gone wrong, everything around you seems unhappy? For Picasso, feelings were very important. Picasso had a time in his life when everything seemed to be going wrong, and when he painted that unhappy feeling showed. This was called his BLUE PERIOD. He was a struggling artist trying to make himself known in the art world. He was poor, lonely, and without hope. What is the main color of this painting? (BLUE) Is blue a WARM or COOL COLOR? (COOL) When we are feeling sad, we sometimes say we feel blue. Have you ever heard that expression? The painting you see on the screen was done during Picasso s Blue Period. Does it look depressing and sad to you? Look closely at the painting. What is physically wrong with the man you see? (BLIND) How did you guess he was blind? (FINGERS REACHING FOR PITCHER, LOOK ON FACE, POSITION OF BODY) The title of this painting is The Blind Man s Meal. There is a poem written about this painting. As I read it try to experience the mood of the poem while you look at the painting. His green left hand clutches the yellow bread With the curved, breathing motion of a sigh. He waits, while under the unblinking head His shoulders turn and peer like a great eye. He does not know his jacket is dark blue. And yet the jug his right hand has set down (Still touching it, reluctant to let go) Gleams with such warmth, with such a vivid hue, He feels the color up his thin arm flow; He hears his looking fingers whisper, Brown. 5. OLD GUITARIST Have you ever thought of what it would be like to be blind, like this old guitarist? Picasso painted many blind people during his Blue Period. Even though he had good eyesight, he had a fear of blindness. He thought about it often and that made him feel sympathy for 2 PABLO PICASSO Ages 10 Adult MeetTheMasters Online Edition
blind men and women. Picasso cared about people, especially those unfortunates who lived near him in the poor sections of Paris. - 6. FAMILY OF SALTIMBANQUES But life got better for Picasso, and his future seemed brighter. His art gained notice, and his paintings were selling. He even got married. His happier feelings showed up in his paintings. Have you heard the expression, life is rosy? Are things good or bad when things are rosy? (GOOD) Picasso s next style of painting is called his ROSE PERIOD. What differences do you see from his Blue Period painting? (NOT AS MUCH BLUE) Picasso still used blue, but he made the painting happier looking by adding warm colors. What warm colors do we find in this painting? (ORANGE, ROSE, PINK, RED, BROWN) Can you tell me what this painting shows? (FAMILY OF CIRCUS PEOPLE) Picasso loved the circus and spent a lot of time there. He became friends with some of the circus performers and traveled around with them as they went from town to town doing their circus shows. Most of the rose Period paintings were of circus people. Did he show a happy scene, like we picture when we think of a circus? (NO) Can you think why he painted the circus people this way? (SHOW OTHER SIE TO CIRCUS LIFE; NOT ALL HAPPY, HUMAN SIDE TO PERFORMING; SHOW WAS OVER) 7. MOTHER AND SON Is this a Rose Period painting? (YES) How can you tell? (USED WARM COLORS, CIRCUS COSTUME) This mother and son are looking a little bit tired after their acrobatic performance in the circus. They have sat down for a meal and the boy is still wearing his costume. - 8. PITCHER AND BOWL OF FRUIT Did Picasso change his style of art completely in this painting? (YES) This is titled Pitcher and Bowl of Fruit. Can you identify any objects in this still life? Why does it look so strange? Imagine we are looking at this still life from the front. Then we walk around and see it from the back, the sides, the top, and the bottom. Picasso took all those possible views of the still life and combined them in one composition. This style of showing things from all different views is called CUBISM, named after the cube. How did Picasso emphasize the shape and form of the objects in this still life painting? (OUTLINED OBJECTS WITH DARK COLOR) He also took out detail to show shape. Do you think Cubism was popular when Picasso first started painting that way? (NO) No one 3 PABLO PICASSO Ages 10 Adult MeetTheMasters Online Edition
understood it or liked it. Picasso and his artist friend, Braque, invented Cubism. It wasn t popular at first, but it made Picasso very famous. How would you like your portrait painted in Cubism? Can you imagine that? 9. PORTRAIT OF DORA MAAR His Cubist portraits sometimes look a little strange! He used solid colors, angles and shapes rather than realistic detail. Let s see how he was able to show more than one view of a face in the same painting. Hold up your hand in front of your eyes (you can use a piece of paper placed over the monitor, if desired) so that it blocks the right side of the woman s face. You should only be able to see the left side of the woman s face, the side that shows her hand. (POINT OUT ON SLIDE) Is that a front or side view of her face? (FRONT) That eye is looking forward. Now move your hand so that it blocks the side we were just looking at. You are now looking at the right side of her face. (POINT OUT ON SLIDE) Is that a front or side view of her face? (SIDE VIEW) Another word for side view is PROFILE. Notice that the eye, nose, and mouth are turned sideways. Picasso did not paint hair on the PROFILE side, because her face is turned. Notice that we can see hair on the front view side. In this portrait he combined a front view and a profile view all in one face! Now let s see what inspired him to paint a very different kind of portrait. 10. PHOTO OF MARBLE HEAD Picasso took a trip to Italy and saw many beautiful museum sculptures that were made long ago. These sculptures were made of marble, which is a very hard stone. It comes in many colors, but the sculptures Picasso saw were mostly in white marble. Some of these sculptures are so old that only parts of them remain. This head is all that is left of a sculpture that was made more than 2,000 years ago. This kind of art made by the ancient Greeks and Romans is called CLASSICAL. Picasso loved the smooth, very rounded shapes of these sculptures. When he went back to France, he was inspired to recreate what he saw. 4 PABLO PICASSO Ages 10 Adult MeetTheMasters Online Edition
11. CLASSICAL HEAD Instead of sculpting marble as the artists of long ago had done, he did paintings of very smooth, rounded people that look like they had been carved out of marble. He used warm, rich colors and sometimes dressed the people in the same clothing and hairstyles that he saw on the marble statues in the museums. Picasso s new way of painting was called the CLASSICAL PERIOD, just like the ancient art he had seen. Listen to Picasso s words about artists of long ago, "To me there is no past or future in art The art of the Greeks, of the Egyptians, of the great painters who lived in other times, is not an art of the past; perhaps it is more alive today than it ever was." 12. MANDOLIN AND GUITAR Is this a Classical or Cubist painting? (CUBIST) Very good! The title of this painting is Mandolin and Guitar. Can you find the two musical instruments? Picasso loved music, and musical instruments can be found in many of his paintings. Look closely and see if you can find the three views of the yellow mandolin; the top, side, and bottom are shown. Can you point them out? Picasso said, Why do people always want to explain a picture? Why not explain a bird s song, the night, a flower? So instead of explaining, let s just enjoy and explore the color and design. Do you like the bright colors? Picasso repeats the colors to bring the painting together. Notice the bright blues in the sky. Can you find where Picasso repeated them? (ON THE WALLS, UNDER THE TABLE) Now let s look at his skill with PATTERNS. How would you define PATTERN? (LINE, SHAPE OR COLOR THAT REPEATS) Do you see any patterns that he repeated in another place in the painting? (DESIGN ON TABLECLOTH, SQUARES ON CEILING AND FLOOR) Picasso repeated those colors and patterns you just found for a very good reason. He knew it would make your eyes keep searching and exploring the painting! Before artists begin a painting, they will do practice sketches or studies. The next slide is a study he did before painting one of his most famous works. 13. WEEPING WOMAN What style did he use? (CUBISM) This painting is one of many studies he did in preparation for his masterpiece painting called Guernica (gwer-ni-ca). It s so huge, 25 ft. wide by 12 ft. tall, that it won t fit on one slide. He made the features and shapes flat. Can you find the woman s handkerchief? The presence of the handkerchief and the overall feeling you get from this portrait will give you a clue to the title. Can you guess the title? (WEEPING WOMAN) 5 PABLO PICASSO Ages 10 Adult MeetTheMasters Online Edition
Picasso again is expressing his emotions through his artwork. This painting was completed in 1937 when a civil war was raging in Spain. A civil war is a war between different groups in the same nation like the American Civil War that occurred when Abraham Lincoln was president. Picasso was living in France at the time, but he was very concerned about what was happening in his native country. One of the armies dropped bombs over the little town of Guernica, destroying the area, injuring and killing many innocent people. Picasso was so angry when he heard about the destruction that he poured all of his feelings into the painting. In this study of the crying woman, he used some color, but in the final painting you see only dark colors of black and gray to show the horrors of war. In the final painting, he included a weeping woman holding her baby who had been killed by the bombing. It s a very powerful and emotional painting, and he made it big so the world would never forget this terrible war. 14. MADAM PICASSO What style is this painting? (CLASSICAL) This portrait is special, because it is Picasso s wife. Picasso married several times, and each wife inspired him in his work. This wife, Olga, was a Russian ballerina he met when he was hired to design the costumes and scenery for a ballet. Because she practiced her dancing every day, she was a slender woman. Did Picasso paint her to look like a slender ballerina? (NO) He would change the look of things to suit his idea for the painting. How did he make her look like a marble statue? (WHITE, SMOOTH, VERY ROUNDED) He made her look like one of those classical sculptures even though she was wearing modern dress. Picasso lived to be ninety-one years old. During the last thirty years of his life, he enjoyed great success and wealth. But it didn t mean much to him. He cared little if his work was liked. He only cared about pushing himself ever forward in discovering all there was to find in art. Through the years he was often criticized, he was often praised, but he was never ignored. We are going to play another review game today. Click Next And Finish Pierres Game. When complete, click Back To Units 6 PABLO PICASSO Ages 10 Adult MeetTheMasters Online Edition
Step 2 - Learning From: Picasso s Composition Changing Styles Picasso had four artistic periods during his life. Match the picture with the name of the artistic periods below. A. Blue B. Classical C. Cubist D. Rose 7 PABLO PICASSO Ages 10 Adult MeetTheMasters Online Edition
The Design Maker In each empty box below, combine the designs from above (A, B, and C) with the designs from the left (1, 2, and 3). 1C and 2A have been completed for you. 8 PABLO PICASSO Ages 10 Adult MeetTheMasters Online Edition
Design Maker The drawing to the right is suggested by Picasso s cubist painting Three Musicians. Copy the lines from the divided drawing to the divided blank space. Square one has been done for you. 9 PABLO PICASSO Ages 10 Adult MeetTheMasters Online Edition
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The last few pages of this section contain the Art Activity for Pablo Picasso. This step-bystep outline will be a guide for instructing your child(ren) through the activity. The parent/teacher should review all steps necessary to complete this project before beginning any work. Cut out the Artist Profile Slip below and attach it to the back of your completed art project. Pablo Picasso (pee-kah soe) - Spanish (1881-1973) The genius of Picasso allowed a review of the art elements previously introduced - line, shape, balance, and texture. The children investigated Picasso s varied styles and were able to trace the transformation of this artist during his different periods of art. Art Activity Emphasis: Cubist Compositions Media: Cut Paper, Chalk Pablo Picasso (pee-kah soe) - Spanish (1881-1973) The genius of Picasso allowed a review of the art elements previously introduced - line, shape, balance, and texture. The children investigated Picasso s varied styles and were able to trace the transformation of this artist during his different periods of art. Art Activity Emphasis: Cubist Compositions Media: Cut Paper, Chalk 11 PABLO PICASSO Ages 10 Adult MeetTheMasters Online Edition
Step 3 - Working With: Art Activity Instructions ARTIST Pablo Picasso (pee-kah-soe) (1881-1973) Spanish ART ELEMENTS Composition MEDIA Black marker and chalk stain EMPHASIS Cubist composition with line, shape and color VOABULARY Cubism, right brain, abstract, composition, technique, line, color, stain VISUAL Print: Three Musicians SUGGESTED MUSIC Music of the 1900 s or Spanish Flamenco Guitar MATERIALS FOR INSTRUCTOR AND CHILDREN One 11" x 11" white construction paper One 12" x 12" colored construction paper (variety of bright colors: blue, green, orange, violet, etc.) One 8-1/2" x 11" sheet of scrap paper Tissue Artist profile slip (page 85) One black marker Bright colored chalk Guitar Line Drawing from Learning Packet (page 83) Glue Stick (not white glue!) Scissors Pencil PREPARATION Display the Picasso art print, the 11" x 11" white paper, and the Guitar Line Drawing where they can be easily seen. Have black marker, colored chalk, tissue, glue stick and 12" x 12" colored construction paper close by. SET-UP [ 5 minutes ] Distribute the following materials to each child: SUPPLIES: Black markers, chalk, and tissue PAPER: One 11" x 11" white, one 12" x 12" colored construction paper, one scrap paper, and the artist profile slip. ORIENTATION [ 5 minutes ] Our master artist Pablo Picasso came from what country? (Spain) What is the name of Picasso s art that looks like a puzzle? (Cubism) Remember Picasso tried to show more 12 PABLO PICASSO Ages 10 Adult MeetTheMasters Online Edition
than one view or side of an object with his Cubism. Picasso also made objects into simple basic shapes. What do we mean when we say Picasso s cubism is abstract? (It does not look real) What things do you remember seeing in Picasso s cubist paintings? (Musical instruments, people, and still-life objects). Do you think puzzles are fun? (Yes!) Picasso s cubist style is fun too. Let s get ready to create a cubist composition! DEMONSTRATION AND ACTIVITY ORGANIZING YOUR MATERIALS AND WORK AREA [ 5 minutes ] 1. Put your 12 x12 colored construction paper, chalk, black marker, scrap paper, tissue and artist profile slip on a corner of your desk. 2. Place your 11 x 11 white construction paper and Guitar Line Drawing (from the last page of your Learning Packet) on the center of your desk. FOLDING PAPERS FOR DRAWING AND CUTTING GUIDELINES [ 5 minutes ] 1. Notice the dashed lines on the top and bottom edges of the Guitar Line Drawing. We will fold along these lines to make our line drawing paper square. Place the line drawing on your desk face down. Carefully fold the bottom edge up along the dashed line. Now fold the top edge of the line drawing down along the dashed line. Turn the paper over, and you should see the complete Guitar Line Drawing on a square-shaped paper. Place Line Drawing Face Down Back 2. Leaving the top and bottom edges folded, carefully fold the Guitar Line Drawing in half matching corners with the line drawing showing. Leave the paper folded. 3. Form a smaller square by matching corners and folding the paper in half again. Now we have our line drawing divided into four squares. 4. Using your pencil, on one side of the blank 11 x 11 white construction paper, lightly draw a large X that covers the entire page. We will 13 PABLO PICASSO Ages 10 Adult MeetTheMasters Online Edition
fold this paper like we did the Line Drawing but with the blank white paper showing. First carefully fold it in half matching corners hiding the X. Fold it in half again, matching corners to form a smaller square. The blank white paper will be divided into four blank squares. It is the canvas for our drawing composition. The blank white paper folds into a larger square than the line drawing paper. Leave papers folded. RIGHT BRAIN DRAWING [ 15 to 20 minutes ] Do this with me Put your finger on your nose and draw an imaginary line (demonstrate), up to the top of your head and down to your neck, dividing your brain in two pieces. Did you know that each side of your brain is good at different things? Today we will use the right side (point) to do our drawings. We will look at just a few lines at a time. This method forces our eyes to look hard at the lines we draw, and not just draw what we think we see. It improves our drawing as we learn that drawing well with our hand is truly learning to see with our eyes. In order to draw using the right brain method, it is important to turn off as many left brain jobs as possible. Therefore, let s draw quietly without talking, as talking uses which side of our brain? (THE LEFT!) To copy lines from our Guitar Line Drawing to our white paper, we will use our black markers. We will draw the four line drawing sections onto our four blank white squares. We would like our four drawings to be in different positions on the blank white paper than on the line drawing. Our drawing will be abstract like Picasso s, and our musical instruments will all be different. Have children follow your step-by-step directions. 1. Choose any one of the above four sections on your folded line drawing to start. 2. Lay the folded blank white paper, turned in any direction, next to the line drawing. 3. If a line on the line drawing touches the edge of the square, make sure when you copy the line, your line touches the edge of the blank square. 4. Choose a line that you see in the line drawing (curved or straight). Trace the line with your finger on the line drawing first. Use dots to help show where a line begins 14 PABLO PICASSO Ages 10 Adult MeetTheMasters Online Edition
and ends on your white paper. Then draw it on your white paper with the black marker. 1, 6 2-5 5. Copy all lines and shapes that you see in this line drawing onto your blank white square. 6. On the original line drawing paper, draw a small check mark to remind you that you have copied this section. 7. Pick one of the three remaining blank white paper square sections to draw in next. Turn it in any direction, and place it to the side. 8. Now choose another line drawing section to draw. Place it next to your folded white paper. 9. Draw the lines and shapes that you see in this line drawing onto your blank white square. 10. Repeat the above steps for the two remaining line drawing sections. Continue filling each blank white square until completed. 11. When all four line drawing sections have been copied, unfold your white paper drawing. All four squares should be filled. Compositions should vary with different placements of the four line drawing sections. THE PASTEL STAIN [7 minutes] To finish our Picasso Cubist Composition we will add a colorful stain. A stain is color that is lightly rubbed onto a picture. We will now create a chalk palette by firmly rubbing a spot of each chalk color that we would like to use, onto our scrap paper. Wrap your tissue around your finger and rub it on a color spot on your palette. Then apply the color to your composition. (Demonstrate) The colors will stay soft enough to let your wonderful, black lines show through. Very small shapes such as the pegs on the guitar can be colored with the chalk sticks. Let s make it very colorful, as Picasso loved to do with his Cubist work. 15 PABLO PICASSO Ages 10 Adult MeetTheMasters Online Edition
MOUNTING YOUR CUBIST COMPOSITION [5 minutes] (*Use glue sticks, as white glue is too wet!!!) 1. On the back side of your white paper drawing, use a glue stick to apply a small amount of glue to each of the four corners. 2. Turn over your drawing and place it centered on top of your colored 12 x 12 construction paper. 3. Gently press down on corners to mount your drawing paper to the background paper. Remember that the chalk will smear if you rub your hand over it. MOUNTING THE ARTIST PROFILE SLIP [ 2 minutes ] (Profile slips for each artist are provided. They give a brief description of the artist, the technique, and the media used in the art activity. They should be mounted on the back of each art project after it is completed.) 1. Write your name on the front of the artist profile slip. 2. Using glue, mount the profile slip on the back of your artwork. 3. Encourage students to discuss their artwork at home using this artist slip of information. CONCLUSION Cubist artists, let s exhibit your compositions as Picasso would have! Try turning your papers in a different way to see another abstract view. Picasso would be very proud of you! THIS CONCLUDES THE PABLO PICASSO UNIT. 16 PABLO PICASSO Ages 10 Adult MeetTheMasters Online Edition