Art class 6

Art

Class 6

Class objective

Create an artwork with an expressive and personal purpose, based on an artist.

Do you know this artist?

Pablo Picasso

Occupation: Artist Born: October 25, 1881 in Málaga, Spain Died: April 8, 1973 in Mougins, France Famous works: The Pipes of Pan, Three Musicians, Guernica, The Weeping Woman Style/Period: Cubism, Modern Art

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Blue Period (1901-1904) In 1901, Pablo's close friend Carlos Casagemas died. Pablo became very sad. Around the same time he began painting in Paris. For the next four years his paintings were dominated by the color blue. Some of his paintings from this period include Poor People on the Seashore and The Old Guitarist.

Colours and emotions

During his Blue period, Picasso was very sad, that is the reason he used a lot of blue. Colours can express emotions, look at the wheel.

The old guitarist

This is a famous piece of art made by Picasso. Today you must be an artist and express a feeling.

My own guitarist

To create your own guitarist you must: 1) Choose an emotion 2) Draw your guitarist expressing the emotion you chose 3)Use a paper, pencils, tempera, crayons (whatever you have at home) 4) Use colours related to the emotion