Self-Portrait Self Portrait Self Portrait, 1896 1899-1900 cubist period Pablo Ruiz Picasso

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

• 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

La Vie 1903 Old Guitarrist 1904 Woman with Crow 1904

• 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? 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

Cubism: • Flatten space Landscape with Bridge 1909 • Experiment how shapes make form Repose. Paris, spring 1908. Oil on canvas Picasso’s Cubism:

• 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, 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

Portrait of Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, Paris, Autumn 1910 Oil on canvas Violin and Grapes. Céret and Sorgues, spring-summer 1912. Oil on canvas Pablo Picasso. Head. (1913). Charcoal on paper As his style changed he used more colors and patterns

Girl Before a Mirror 1932 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 Show an object from many viewpoints at one time Simplify into basic shapes like circles and triangles Use bold black outlines 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