Pablo Ruiz Picasso "Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up." ~ Pablo Picasso

Self Portrait 1899-1900

Self Portrait, cubist period

Self-Portrait 1896

• Born in 1881 in Spain • Began drawing at age 7 • His mother and father and cousins encouraged him

• At 19 he moved to Paris and studied in the Louvre

• He painted for 75 years in many styles

• He was a creator of Modern art

Pablo Picasso

• Pablo Picasso’s father taught him how to paint • He had a time when many of his paintings were in shades of blue, his “blue period”

WHY?

La Vie 1903 Old Guitarrist 1904 Woman with Crow 1904

Pablo Picasso Spanish, 1881 - 1973 The Tragedy, 1903 oil on wood

Circus Acrobats and Ape 1905 Girl with Fan 1905

A couple of years later he was happier and his paintings had more color This is called his rose period

In 1907 he began painting in what would be known as cubist style

Landscape with Bridge 1909

Cubism: • Flatten space • Experiment how shapes make form

Repose. Paris, spring 1908. Oil on canvas

• Take apart objects and rearrange them

• To show different viewpoints at the same time

• To show an object as if you see it from several angles or at different moments in time.

Girl with a Mandolin (Fanny Tellier). Paris, late spring 1910. Oil on canvas,

Picasso’s Cubism:

Portrait of Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, Paris, Autumn 1910 Oil on canvas

head

eyes

Used basic forms to show how they make up what we see

Each part is reduced to its most basic shape These are shown from many angles at once

Violin and Grapes. Céret and Sorgues, spring-summer 1912. Oil on canvas

Pablo Picasso. Head. (1913). Charcoal on paper

Girl Before a Mirror 1932

As his style changed he used more colors and patterns

Picasso simplified things into basic shapes like circles and triangles

He used bold black outlines, sometimes with bright colors

His works show how each piece is a part of the whole

Picasso showed objects from many viewpoints at a time

Profile of her face

Entire face

His colors and shapes show emotion

Simplify into basic shapes like circles and triangles Use bold black outlines

Show an object from many viewpoints at one time

Use colors and shapes to show emotion

• Draw a profile line in the middle of the paper with pencil • Draw a face shape around it

• Add eyes, nose(s), mouths – think about using shapes (circles, triangles, squares)

• Draw hair connecting hair to edge of paper •  Trace using a black marker • Add color

Use bold black outlines Use colors and shapes to show emotion

•  Draw a profile line in the middle of paper with pencil •  Draw a face shape around the profile •  Add eyes, nose(s), mouth(s)

• Do the profile side first • Then the full face

•  think about using shapes (circles, triangles, squares) •  Draw hair connecting hair to edge of paper •  Trace using a black marker •  Add color

• Use different colors for profile and full face