Cubist Portraits with Watercolor
Contour Line Portraits with "Bleeding" Tissue
When I was a student at SCAD, my favorite professor went around the room asking us each to name 3 of our favorite artists. One student said Picasso. Mr. Morris threw his hands in the air, saying, "Of course, Picasso has something for everyone!" My Mini Modern Artist class looked at the cubist portraits of Picasso as well as his minimal line portraits. The cubist portrait lesson is an old favorite seen in my old blog header. The line drawing was inspired by this piece from Picasso. After their drawings were completed with permanent marker, the children laid down strips of bleeding tissue paper applied with water. I love the magical effect left behind, and each so unique.
I really like the play of color against white in the bleeding tissue works!!
ReplyDeleteMaravillosos trabajos! Felicitaciones! Ana
ReplyDeleteIf you happen to still check this blog and have any steps on creating the cubist watercolor portraits, I would be most grateful to see them. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteHi Ann. It's been a while since I've done this project. But I believe these were the steps:
Deletewe drew our head shape and then drew a profile of a face down the middle of it. From there, add eyes and lips (either front view or profile or both). To make it "Cubist" we drew the # 8 somewhere on the face to break it up as well as a triangle. If you look at the faces, you'll be able to spot these. Add hair, ears and any other details.We traced our pencil lines with permanent marker and filled in our shapes with watercolor. I hope this helps!!