Upload Day

Today I will be checking to see that you've uploaded your Picasso portraits and questions.

Also, 
Upload your Celebrity Portrait. It is now Due:

Answer the following questions about drawing the portrait:

1. How did you feel you have progressed in your drawing skills ?

• At first I didn't understand to.....
• Now I understand to...
• I still don't understand how to....
• What did you find the easiest in your drawings?
• What did you find the most difficult?

2.Grade your WORK ETHIC based on the Rubric.
3.Grade your CRAFTSMANSHIP/QUALITY based on the IMAGE CRITERIA Rubric

What grade do you deserve?

Picasso Cubist Style Self Portrait

Picasso

Pablo Picasso was one of the most well known and influential artists of the 20th century. He was a painter, sculptor, print-maker, and ceramicist.

Take a look at Picasso in action. He was constantly making art, and worked in many different styles:

Picasso at Work Video

Picasso developed a style known as Cubism. Cubism is an abstract art form that was influenced by Egyptian, African and Native American art. Cubist art is very flat and angular, and shows multiple views of an object, such as the front and side, in the same composition.

Cubism

Picasso started as a traditional painter, but his style changed over the years.

Take a look at the many moods of Picasso in the video below:

Picasso's Portraits of Women - Evolution of His Masterpieces

TODAY'S ASSIGNMENT - PICASSO STYLE SELF PORTRAIT

Your assignment today is to draw a Self - portrait based on Picasso's Cubist Style. Watch the video below for instructions:

Self Portrait Picasso Style

There is paper at your desk, there are sharpies in the box for your outlines of your portraits, and there are crayons on the wire shelf in the middle of the room. MAKE SURE YOU PUT BACK ALL MATERIALS WHERE YOU FOUND THEM!!!!

Mr. B will pick up the portraits when you have completed them, be sure to add your NAME and BLOCK on the back of your portrait.