1st Grade Cubism Self-Portraits!

The elements of art focus for this project was shapes. The first day we talked about and practiced geometric and organic shapes on the board and looked at some images of Picasso's portraits. The students pointed out geometric and organic shapes they could see in the images and we discussed how the facial features a funny and not correct. Each student then got a sheet of colored construction paper and used black crayon to draw their face shape, neck, and shirt. They then added their hair and colored everything in using crazy colors and patterns.

Next class the students each got 4 squares of construction paper, all in different colors. They used black crayon to draw a different geometric shape on each one, then they cut them out and glued them down to where they wanted them on the face. The last day, I showed the students how to draw eyes, noses, and mouths that faced different directions (like Cubism) and they chose how they wanted to draw each part. Once they had everything done, they could color in the parts and add details and patterns to the shapes as well. They turned out very Cubism-ish :)