How to Teach Your Class About Picasso

Make your own Picasso!

Pablo Picasso is generally synonymous with art, so every child should be exposed to his work. Aside from just learning facts about him, they should experience his work by recreating their own art in his style. There is an amazing website Mrpicassohead.com that allows the user to create beautiful Picasso-style portraits. Here are some ideas for teaching your students about Picasso.

Difficulty:

Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need

• A computer with internet access

1. Log onto MrPicassohead.com (see Resources below).

2. 

   Start your portrait by choosing a head and resizing it. You simply drag the items over to your canvas. You will probably want to make it bigger than it initially is.

3. 

   Use the scale up/scale down tools to make things bigger or smaller. You can also change the color and flip items using these tools.

4. 

   Add eyes, nose, hair, lips and other features by simply dragging them over to your canvas.

5. 

   Remind the kids that Picasso did not always put facial features where they belonged.

6. 

   Add a signature to your painting.

7. 

   Email the picture to friends or family.

8. To capture an image for other uses (e.g. slideshow, iMovie), hold down (on a Mac) Control, Shift and 4.

Resources

• Mr. Picasso Head
• Rock and Roll Kindergarten