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Instructions and Rubric

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Watch this video first before starting your project. This video explains Picasso's style.

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How to start your Picasso Self Portrait Lesson #2

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How to start your Picasso Self Portrait Lesson #2

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This video gives you an idea of how to draw your Picasso Self Portrait.

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How to draw your Picasso Self Portrait Lesson#3

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How to draw your Picasso Self Portrait Lesson#3

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This video gives you an idea of how to draw your Picasso Self Portrait. You do not have to draw yours exactly like the video, create your own portrait!

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Art with Alex - Picasso style self-portrait (Part 1) - For Ages 5yrs and up!

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How to Paint your Picasso Self Portrait Lesson #4

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How to Paint your Picasso Self Portrait Lesson #4

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This video gives you an idea of how to paint your Picasso Self Portrait. You do not have paint yours exactly like the video, create your own color style!

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Art with Alex - Picasso style self-portrait (Part 2) -  For ages 5 yrs and up!

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Observe the examples and get ideas for your own. Do not copy and example.

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Pablo Picasso was one of the most famous and influential artists of the 20 th Century. Originally from Spain, Picasso spent most of his life in France, where he created some of his most renowned artworks including Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, Girl Before a Mirror and Le Reve. See the fact file below for more information on Pablo Picasso:

Pablo Picasso was born 'Pablo Ruiz y Picasso' in Malaga, Spain, on October 25th, 1881.

He produced over 50,000 pieces of artwork in his lifetime, including paintings, sculptures, ceramics, drawings and tapestries.

Picasso's father, Don, was also a painter. He taught Picasso oil painting and figure drawing from the age of 7.

When he was 14, Picasso's younger sister Conchita died from an illness.

When he was 16, Picasso was sent to art school - the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando - in Madrid.

Picasso's early paintings in the 1890s followed the realism movement. This meant his paintings depicted real-life people and events.

Picasso sometimes added sand to his paint to add texture to his paintings.

Picasso first went to Paris, France, in 1900. He made friends with a local poet and they shared an apartment together.

Picasso's artworks are often divided into periods. The most famous are the Blue Period, the Rose Period, the African-influenced Period and the Cubism Period.

In the Blue Period (1901-1904), Picasso's paintings featured lots of blue and green and showed upsetting, somber scenes, such as a blind men and beggars.

In the Rose Period (1904-1906), Picasso's paintings featured pink and orange colors. He painted circus people, harlequins and portraits.

In the African-influenced Period (1907-1909), Picasso's artwork was inspired by African artifacts. Les Demoiselles d'Avignon was his most famous painting from this period.

From 1909, Picasso and fellow artist, Georges Braque, began to develop Cubism - a style of painting where the objects and subjects of the paintings and sculptures were broken down and re-assembled in abstract form.

Famous Picasso Cubist works include Girl with a Mandolin, Le Guitariste and L'homme aux cartes.

Most of Picasso's Cubist works featured bottles, guitars and violins.

Picasso is also famous for doing portraits of composer, Igor Stravinsky, in the 1920s.

Picasso's sculptures in the late 1800s were mainly made from wood or clay. From the 1900s he began to use more diverse materials, such as steel and wire.

The 'minotaur' became a feature of many of Picasso's paintings in the 1930s. The Guernica is the most famous example.

During World War II, Picasso was questioned by the German Gestapo because his artwork did not match the Nazi ideal. During this time he turned to poetry rather than painting.

Picasso joined the French Communist Party in 1944.

Picasso first met fellow artist and friend, Henri Matisse, in Paris in 1905.

In 1918, Picasso married ballerina Olga Khokhlova, who introduced him the 1920s high society lifestyle. Picasso had one son with Olga, named Paulo.

In 1927, Picasso had an affair with another young woman named Marie-Thérèse Walter. Picasso separated from his wife, Olga, to be with Marie. Picasso had one daughter with Marie, named Maya.

In 1944, Picasso met another woman named Françoise Gilot, and fathered two children with her: Claude and Paloma.

Finally, in 1961, Picasso met a woman called Jacqueline Roque. Picasso married Roque and remained married to her until his death.

From the 1950s, Picasso began to create more sculptures. Famous Picasso sculptures include Chicago Picasso, Woman's Head and She-Goat. The Chicago Picasso is a 50-foot sculpture that Picasso donated to the people of Chicago.

Picasso died on April 8th, 1973 in Mougins, France. He was 91 years old.

There are many museums featuring Picasso's works around the world, including in Malaga, Barcelona and Paris.

Les Femmes d'Alger is the most expensive Picasso painting. It sold for around $180 million at Christie's, New York, in 2015. Le Rêve is the second most expensive, at $157 million.

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Pablo Picasso Facts, Biography & Information For Kids

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Pablo Picasso was one of the most famous and influential artists of the 20 th Century. Originally from Spain, Picasso spent most of his life in France, where he created some of his most renowned artworks including Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, Girl Before a Mirror and Le Reve.

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