Picasso One Liners

 Today we will be learning a skill that you can use in the

 Drawing Studio

 There is a French word contour...it means outline. 

A contour drawing will show an outline of an object, like this daisy flower.

Do you see any detail in this contour drawing?

 

 A continuous contour line drawing is where the pencil stays on the paper until the object is completed.  The artist never picks it up...it is a continuous line...keeps going. 

The famous Spanish painter, Pablo Picasso made continuous contour drawings. They were called one liners because the were created using just one line! 

 Here are a few examples of his one liners!

When you want to have fun at home, look up Pablo Picasso and see more of his one liners and then look at some of his other work too.  Much of Picasso's work was very rich in line. Here is an example of one of his many paintings.

You can practice using continuous line drawings in the drawing studio. You can do a painting  and use line in your composition.

 

 

Big Idea...an artist feels more confident about drawing when she practices. 

  Try drawing the same thing ten times...think about how you feel when you are finished. 

 

 Key Stage 2

 Blind contour is where the artist looks at an object and draws without looking at the paper. He might look down at the paper to add a small detail such as an eye. His eyes are only on the object that he is drawing...looking very closely.

Watch me...I will show you. Who would like to be my model?

 

 

 

 This is something that is fun to practice in your Artifact Book.