Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Picasso, Pastels and Portraits... Perfect Project!

I consider a project successful when the students end up with a variety of different ideas and images.  Mrs. Bigby's second graders have been learning about Pablo Picasso, and they began this project by discussing some of his cubist portraits.  They looked for similar shapes and colors in the paintings, and they played "I Spy" with their classmates, noticing details they may not have otherwise seen.  They began with a background shape and used oil pastels to color in the shapes they drew.  They then used construction paper to draw and color features of the face that resemble those in Picasso's work.  I had to give lots of reminders to color completely, and my floor has been pretty messy this week, but I love the results of this project.  I'll definitely do it again some time. 

Gael, Grade 2
 
Ian, Grade 2

Esteban, Grade 2

Cindy, Grade 2

Christa, Grade 2

Briana, Grade 2

Rejhan, Grade 2

Leslie, Grade 2

Ella, Grade 2

Ally, Grade 2

Zoe, Grade 2
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