Picasso Cubism Self-Portraits - Complete Project Bundle!

These engaging and purposeful lessons guide children towards creating their own Pablo Picasso cubism-style self portraits.
Included is a complete series of six comprehensive lessons:

Lesson 1: Self-Portraits
-Define self-portraits and understand why they are important;
-Reflect on the key meanings behind some of the world’s most renowned self-portraits;
-Think about their own identity and consider how their features may be shown in self-portrait through colours, shapes and symbols.

Lesson 2: Picasso and Cubism
-Use effective research skills and a research template to find out key information about Pablo Picasso’s life;
-Analyse cubist paintings and understand the key features of the cubist movement;
-Consider how facial features can be presented in the cubist style.

Lesson 3: Exploring Creative Ideas
-Recall important facts about self-portraits, Picasso and cubism;
-Consider how they can present each facial feature in the cubism style;
-Reflect on the feeling, tone and effect of their sketches, deciding on which ideas to develop further in the next lesson;

Lesson 4: Developing Creative Ideas
-Consider, adapt and edit the use of lines and shapes in their designs/ sketches;
-Develop the use of objects, symbols and colour in their work;
-Put all of the ideas together from the sessions thus far to produce a final draft design.

Lesson 5: Compositions
-Understand the key term ‘composition’ and learn about their creative freedom to organise concepts on the page;
-Create their compositions, following clear and precise instructions (provided);
-Learn about different types of brushstrokes that were utilised by Picasso for effect within his own cubism self-portraits;

Lesson 6: Evaluations
-Act as ‘art critics’, expressing their likes and dislikes about art compositions;
-Follow a precise success criteria (provided) to determine the success of their own and their partner’s compositions;
-Put all of the ideas together from all of the lessons in the unit to comprehensively evaluate their own learning, using a provided framework.

Included are eye-catching and comprehensive PowerPoint presentations which guide the learners through the project and provide a wealth of information. All worksheets, activity sheets and templates are provided in both Word and PDF.

These lessons were originally created for children in years 5-6, but may be adapted for slightly older and younger year groups.