Cubism Collage Still Life

=Cubist Style- 

Pablo Picasso and George Braque

What is Cubism?

1. Created by Pablo Picasso and George Braque, it is an early 20th-century style and movement in art, especially painting, in which perspective with a single viewpoint was abandoned and use was made of simple geometric shapes, interlocking planes, and, later, collage.
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4. Pablo Picasso

Early Years, Pre-Cubism

Progression of Picasso's work

CUBISM

1907-1914

Pablo Picasso

George Braque

minimalistic color

SIMILARITIES of CUBISM 

To make your art took like a Cubism piece, you need to contain some of these... 

-Seeing multiple perspectives at one time

 (top, side, back, front)

-Broken up areas, like shattered glass. 

-Values & color blending 

running through the broken shapes. 

-Occasional collage elements included

 (newspaper, wallpaper, printed paper). 

-Pointy shapes where normally rounded. 

-Abstract Minimalistic Color themes/schemes

(all neutral, rose, blues)

-Use of lettering or stencils as part of background

PICASSO'S LIFE

Themes of CUBISM-

multi-perspectives of one object, sharpe edges, split up images, scattered images, 

collage, newspaper, lettering, value/colors blending in shattered sections. 

Artist inspired by the Originals...

Rumen Saldov

MayaArtworks 

Tim LIncoln

STUDENT INSPIRED BY CUBISM

Student Art

https://amslerartroom.com/student-work/cubist-still-lifes/#jp-carousel-230

And Me, Tabitha Morgan 

CUBISM CHALLENGE: CRITERIA

1. Include 3 or more pieces of collage into your objects or background. 

Picasso and Braque were the inventors of Collage as an artform. 

2. You need 3 or more items in your picture. 

Like Braque and Picasso, you can Include 

traditional items like fruit, skulls, or musical instruments in your still life like. 

You can also Include items that are personal to you as well. This could include athletic equipment, musical items, art supplies, tools,  special stuffed animals... 

3. "Shatter" the space with your pencil. 

Break up objects and background into smaller (but managable) pieces. 

4. Use value and/or color blending in all shattered areas. 

Optional ideas:

. Items can be shown at various angles.

.You can make objects pointer instead of rounder. 

.Use a limited color pallette. 

. Add in low-key stencil lettering in background. 

PEEKS INTO THE PROCESS

One way... start with paper cut outs for the OBJECTS. 

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OR another way...

Lay down random pieces of paper as part of the BACKGROUND. Then draw over... 

Mineola Students. Does this look slightly familure?

Mineola Middle School Students 

https://tabithaannthelostsock.blogspot.com/2012/10/using-value-in-cubism.html

Everyone is an Artist

Picasso said, 

"Every Child is an artist".

Why stop there. Keep going, don't let that feeling go. 

Remember the days when you didn't care what people thought about your art?

Go back to that. 

There are different avenues of art. 

Picasso was a master artist at a very young age.

See..

Picasso at 15 painted this...

https://www.pablo-ruiz-picasso.net/work-11.php

One of Picasso's lasts paintings in 1971

https://www.pablopicasso.org/final-years.jsp

This is proof that you don't have to fit a mold of perfection. Perfection is boring. 

Have fun, like Picasso. He was a big kid. His are was fun. He was experimental. 

Or be like Jackson Pollock! He had fun with splatter paint. 

He used the colors to show his emotions. He used gravity and force to control his drops. 

He was having fun and being expressive. 

SO should you. 

The end of Picasso's quite goes like this... 

"The Problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up."

Solution, DON"T GROW UP! 

Create like a kid, or at least when it's time to create, go back to the ideas you had when you were a kid. Go into your "art zone", escape the world, be free to do it your way.