Today in our Artistic Pursuits class we started our lessons on one of the most famous modern artists,
Spanish artist Pablo Picasso (1881-1973).
Picasso was born into an artistic family, his father was an art teacher and started giving him formal training at a very early age. As a teenager he struggled with the limits of his formal training and soon left art school to create his own methods. Although Picasso is best known for being the founder of the Cubism movement in art, he went through several distinct periods in his own art. In his early 20's he went through a great personal depression which can be seen in his monochromatic painting style at that time, known as his Blue Period.
The Old Guitarist, 1903
Today we talked about this period in Picasso's life and took a look at a series of paintings from this time, focusing on how they make the viewer feel. We also learned what "monochromatic" means (using different shades of a single color). Then the kids made their own "blue" pictures using their gouache paints.
They were able to use all the shades of blue that are in the paint sets, and to also create their own new shades of blue by mixing colors.
Here are their finished pieces of art with titles and descriptions by the artist.
Next time we will learn all about Cubism.
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