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Cubist Self Portrait
Why make a Cubist Self Portrait?
When students learn how to make a Cubist Self Portrait, they can combine several different valuable art lessons. For instance, they can …
• Try out Picasso’s style of drawing a face, while in his cubism period. If you take a look at some examples, you’ll see how they have similarities. The head is made with a profile shape, there are two different styles of eyes, the nose includes front view of the nostril lines.
• Explore how to make personalize their drawing by way of hair and clothing. Sometimes the most creative results happen when there are limitations applied.
• Make color choices based on something other than what real life holds. These portraits are traced with a permanent marker and painted with liquid watercolor, which creates that wonderful texture, but other media could be fun too!
What is Cubism?
So … what in the world does the term Cubism actually mean? Well, it’s the idea that maybe finding the essence of something, or someone, is more than just imitating exactly what you see in nature. That breaking objects and figures into distinct areas, might present them in a way that brings new insight. It was a brand new idea in the 1900s, and Picasso explored it for a good bit of his career.
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