• 1.2 Discuss works of art as to theme, genre, style, idea, and differences in media
• 2.4 Create increasingly complex original works of art reflecting personal choices and increased technical skill.

• Direct Instruction--teacher directed
• Guided Discovery--student discovery

• Picasso: A Spanish painter, artist and sculpor. As one of the most recognized figures in twentieth-century art, he is best known for co-founding the Cubist movement and for the wide variety of styles embodied in his work
• Symbolism: an item or object represents an idea
• Cubism: An abstract form of art where the subject is viewed from more than one different viewpoint, and uses common geometric shapes to form the image.
• Viewpoint: The direction from which you look at something

• Introduce Pablo Picasso.
• Using the flipchart on self-portraits, show some examples of Picasso’s portraits painted in the style of cubism.
• Discuss how the portraits combine 2 different viewpoints.

• Student draws his/her face in profile. Then, draw the remainder of the face from a frontal view (see flipchart for examples).
• Using symbolism, draw a self-portrait on the profile viewpoint. This symbolism should represent the student’s interests. Color with markers.
• Color the frontal view with oil pastels. Color first with a flesh color, then use every color to add shadow by adding small slashes of color. Color the hair and the shirt with whichever medium will work best with their artwork.
• Cut out and place on colored paper.

• 12x18" white paper
• Sharpies
• markers
• oil pastels
• colored paper
• glue
• scissors

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May 17, 2012