SMN Picasso Project: Art Lesson 6

Cubism

Picasso was considered the father of cubism. He challenged the established view of art. In cubist paintings Picasso wanted to show the front, back, sides, top, and bottom of an object all at the same time.

With these visuals, identify different planes - top, bottom, etc. and see if you can discern the different objects. What instruments are the musicians playing? Can you find the dog under the table? Can you see the bottles?

Set up a simple still life on a low table. Have the students draw it from all four sides on separate sheets of paper - with pencil. Just a line drawing - no shading. Children may be able to draw an aerial view of the still life if the table is low enough.

Have the children trace their drawings and transfer them to white A2 size cartridge paper, one drawing on top of another. The children then paint/colour each enclosed area. After colour work is completed, students can outline significant objects in their work with black marker. The results are quite amazing.