Picasso Portraits by 2nd Grade

Maybe I have great 2nd grade artists, maybe they are naturally talented, maybe they have been under my instruction for 3 years…I don’t know…but it’s a glorious whirlwind of talent with this group of kiddos.

 

Picasso Paintings

 

Painted Picasso Heads by 1st Grade

This was a two day project and I've always loved it. I found out letting them draw with q-tips was a good technique to balance out the 'printed' objects.  

Day One: Print a Picasso Head with found objects in black tempera paint. 

Here you're seeing Day Two --Painting the head/face/hair with warm colors and the background with cool colors. 

If a student was absent on the first day, they caught up by drawing their Picasso head with oil pastel...and this would be an easy alternative to stamping the objects. 

Picasso Heads with 1st Grade!

 

I ran out of time for this project last year with my 1st graders so I decided to revive it for this year! We talked about Picasso and watched the Brain Pop Jr. video on him : http://www.brainpopjr.com/artsandtechnology/art/pablopicasso/preview.weml

 

We wrote a few important facts down in our idea books and sketched a "Picasso-y" head to warm up for this project.

 

We did incised plate printmaking before spring break and this time around we talked about found object printing.

I set out trays of random objects...I cut up some cereal boxes for "lines" and basically used things like legos, q-tips, broken toy parts, bottle caps....marker lids....etc.

 

 

 

They had a tray of black paint to dip in and they loved this.

 

You can see the light pencil drawing of a head and shoulders just to give them a guideline to go by.

 

We will paint these with tempera next class.

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Picasso Heads with 2nd Grade

These are the beginnings to some really fun Picasso Heads...by 2nd grade

We talked about Picasso, watched the BrainPopJr. video on him: http://www.brainpopjr.com/artsandtechnology/art/pablopicasso/preview.weml

They began by drawing a cubistic head...outlined in black marker and we are coloring them with brand new crayons...(last day project before spring break)

I did an art challenge of coloring one side of the face with cool colors aka Blue Period colors...and the other half of the face with warm colors aka Rose Period colors. (by the way, a very smart kid gave me the Blue vs. Rose Period idea...I just had warm vs. cool....isn't it great when they teach you?)

But they are looking so fun, that we'll put one more day into them when we get back...I'm thinking cutting the heads out and putting them on bright construction paper? or possibly just painting the background...we'll see...I'll post pics after spring break! Woo.

Day Two: Finishing Coloring and Collaging to Background Paper

 

Picasso Resources

Build a Crazy Person Game
http://www.buildyourwildself.com/

Create a Picasso Head!
http://www.picassohead.com/create.html

Paint Your Own Picasso
http://www.colgate.com/app/Kids-World/US/Games-And-Activities.cvsp?Game=Picasso

Picasso Head Game
http://www.artsology.com/picasso-blocks-game.php








Picasso's Blue Period




**Images borrowed from various websites...