Picasso Inspired Lesson for Grade 4
Lesson: Pablo Picasso Cubist Self Portraits
Grade: 4
Standards: 3RE: Recognize and describe the relationship of artworks to their social and cultural contexts. 5PR: Combine the elements and principles of art and design to create visually effective compositions in original works of art. 2PE: Notice and describe different visual effects resulting from art making techniques.
Lesson Objectives:
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Analyze the cubist portraiture style of artist Pablo Picasso
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Focus on color and shape to construct a successful self-portrait composition.
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Understand how oil pastels and India Ink can be used to make a technically sound work of art.
Materials:
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Smart board, computer, projector, and PowerPoint.
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24 pages of practice scrap paper, 12 sets of multicolored oil pastels (2 per table), 24 India ink blotters, 24 drawing pencils.
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Picasso PowerPoint, teacher sample available.
Procedures
Day 1:
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Start lesson with a quick Q+A session
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Share the PowerPoint on Pablo Picasso, highlighting keys points of lesson (geometric shapes & cubism)
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Introduce materials and have a "practice day"
Day 2:
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Review previous day
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Discuss complimentary color relationships
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Begin working on final project
Day 3:
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Finish projects
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Optional quiz/activities to check understanding
Vocabulary:
Pablo Picasso: a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, and ceramicist.
Cubism: an early 20th-century style and movement in art, especially painting, in which perspective with a single viewpoint was abandoned and use was made of simple geometric shapes, interlocking planes, and later collage.
African Masks: Picasso painted in a style, which was strongly influenced by traditional African masks. This style eventually became known as Cubism.
Oil Pastel: a painting and drawing medium similar to chalk pastels and wax crayons.
India Ink: a simple black or colored ink more commonly used for drawing and outlining.
Shape: an element of art that is two-dimensional, flat, or limited to height and width.
Complimentary Colors: colors directly across from each other on the color wheel, make each other look the best when put next to each other in a work of art (a primary color’s compliment is the mixture of the other two primaries).
Powerpoint for Lesson
Student Work
Optional Assessment
