Real to Abstract

5th Grade

Bring a good eraser.

Follow directions to draw a generic human face with classic proportions.

Chalk the skin tones.

5 Abstract Face

• View Pablo Picasso’s “First Steps”Discuss the meaning of abstraction

• Discuss why artists abstract • Discuss techniques that cubists use to abstract • Watch David Hockney portion of “Behind the Scenes” DVD • Sketch 5 abstract faces (finish for homework- put list of

techniques on wiki). Limit colors if needed to help the composition.

• Draw final on heavier paper.• Choose media appropriately, use chalks or paints to color

large areas first; do details last with marker, crayon or colored pencil.

• Mount and attach a plastic flip-back label that shows your understanding of the cubist techniques.

http://artgallery.yale.edu/pages/collection/popups/pc_modern/enlarge2.html

Pablo Picasso

(Spanish, 1881–1973)

Mother and Child (First Steps),

1943Oil on canvas, 51 1/4 x 38 1/4 in. (130.2 x 97.1 cm)©2004 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Cubism: ways to abstract

• Multiple views,• transparency, • marriage of contours,• projection,• shifting planes,• part for the whole,• abstraction of line, shape, color, or texture• Distortion

Cubism TechniquesMultiple views: the look of something from different views Transparency: You can see through it when it is over lapped Marriage of contours: when 2 or more objects are joined together by an edgeProjection: when you move something where it does not goShifting planes: moving of a group of parts to a different spotPart for the whole: only drawing a part of a wholeAbstraction: making real looking things look out of order by

creatively changing line, shape (often to geometric), color, or texture.

Distortion: stretching, shrinking, or bending a shape

ArtActivities continued!

• Girl with a Boat (Maya Picasso). 1938. Oil on canvas. Galerie Rosengart,

• Lucerne, Switzerland. http://www.abcgallery.com/P/picasso/picasso-5.html

• Students inspired by this activity may have fun creating other Picasso-style faces with this interactive online program! http://www.mrpicassohead.com/create.html