Picasso Portraits (2nd Grade)

For this project, I taught the kids about Pablo Picasso and cubism in general. In so doing, I explained the them that the art was an exercise in viewing something from multiple perspectives at once. We talked about how this can be valuable in life, not just in art, because there are always multiple ways to look at the same things. This can help them solve lots of different kinds of problems, because you can learn to look at things in different ways or from a different angle than you're used to.

The children were asked to draw a face, then cut it into pieces and glue it back down on the paper in a different way. The kids started asking if they had to draw their own faces or if they could draw whatever they wanted. I told them they could draw any type of face. We had vampires, dogs, people, ninja turtles, mickey mouse, etc. Many of the children had a really hard time forcing themselves to cut up their drawings. I thought that was interesting. One girl was even trying to hide her scissors! Another girl finally gave in to cutting up her drawing, but then glued it back together exactly as it had been originally. I suppose she missed the point! :)

I forgot to take a picture of them hanging in the hall, but here's Tristan's:

 

There was a gallery auction project between the last project and this one, however, it was led by the other Art Docent.