Picasso

Pablo Picasso is known as one of the greatest and most influential artists of the 20th century.  He is the father of Cubism and someone who definitely saw the world in a different way.  His representation of what was beautiful and how to portray that through painting looked very, very different from his contemporaries.  I love people who are avant garde.  They don't fit into a mold or are predictable. Kinda like the students we get every year.  Each special and unique in their own way.  :D

After reading this lovely book:

And showing the children pics of Picasso's work (the rated G versions) haha, we drew our self portraits and let them cut them up and put them back together in a unique way to mimic the cubism style of Picasso.  They came out magnificently.  So proud of my firsties.

I always like to put a little explanation on the back for parents.  Imagine getting this "self portrait" sent home in a folder and thinking, what in the world???  ;D