We looked at some art pieces by Pablo Picasso and read a story book about a period of his life called, “Pablo Picasso and the Girl With the Ponytail”, by Laurence Anholt.
We then created our own ‘abstract’ faces on tag board, initially with pencil and then traced with black Sharpie. We worked through the sections together as a series of directed drawing lessons. We incorporated eyes, eyebrows, noses, mouths, cheeks, necks, jawlines, hair, and head dresses. Felt markers were used for the parts that we wanted to be emphasized (for the ‘pop’). Background areas were shaded in using pencil crayons or waxed crayons.
Here are the finished pieces which are posted on the bulletin board in our classroom:
