Abstract Picasso Portraits

I was really excited for the students to work on this art! I admired it like crazy last year when Mrs. Tresoor and Mrs. Dent Scarcello did it with their Grade 5 students. The colours just pop! I think this art is AMAZING! Great job everyone!



Pablo Picasso was born on 25 October 1881 in Malaga, Spain. He died on April 8 in 1973, at the age of 91 in France. He made paintings, drawings, sculptures, printmaking and ceramics.

Picasso went through a blue period where everything he worked on was in a blue tint. This was because he was sad.

Then, he went through a rose period and all of his paintings were pinkish because he fell in LOVE!

 He also created the style of cubism, which is very popular.

What we had to do to create a Picasso Portrait:

     1.   We had to draw a side profile face and then make another half face but looking at you out of black pastel.

2. We had to color in the face with any colors and press really hard so that you don’t see any white paper.

3. Then, make the hair, a neck and shoulders.

4. Colour in the background and add neat designs.

5. Next, you have to pick up a popsicle stick and scratch any design you want into the oil pastels.

6. The final step is to make the black lines darker.

By: Nat and Conner