Welcome to the Kidz Art Stop a place that will inspire visual communication and development with a playful fun factor for the child and adult. This monthly article will include fun activities for the home, classroom, park, play ground or family vacation. Our focus at Kidz Art Stop is literacy and the arts, stimulating the child’s thinking while they explore and learn creatively.
Art is a process, not a product so it’s the process that brings great rewards!!
Join your child for creative play time and witness art in process!!
Creating art expands the child’s ability to interact with the world around them, and provides a new set of skills for self-expression and communication. Not only does art help to develop the right side of the brain, it also cultivates important skills that benefit a child’s development.
Art may seem like fun and games… and YES IT IS!... but you may not realize that your child is actually learning a lot through exploring the arts and doing art activities.
Did you know young people who participate in the arts for at least three hours on three days each week through at least one full year are 4 times likely to be recognized for academic achievement, are 4 times more likely to participate in a math or science fair, and are 4 times more likely to win an award for writing an essay or poem.
The facts are that art education makes a tremendous impact on the developmental growth of every child and has been proven to help level the “learning field” across socio-economic boundaries, and has a measurable impact on at-risk youth in deterring delinquent behavior and truancy problems, while also increasing overall academic performance among those youth engaged in afterschool and summer arts programs.
We all know children love to play, love imagination, and love to create stories, so here at Kidz Art Stop we have created wonderful projects that incorporate imagination, storytelling and creative play.
LET’S PLAY!!!!!!
THE PICASSO IN ME
This project of cubism portraits is inspired by Pablo Picasso, join us as we explore his artwork, his history, family, and his dream and desire to become an artist.
Pablo Ruiz y Picasso, also known as Pablo Picasso was born on October 25, 1881 in Spain and died on April 8, 1973 in France. He was a well known Painter, sculpture, printmaker, stage designer, ceramicist, poet and playwright who spent most of his life in France. He co-founded the art style and movement called Cubism. Picasso’s father was a painter and worked as a professor at the school of crafts and was a big influence and inspiration to Picasso. Picasso showed a passion and a skill for drawing from an early age. According to his mother, his first words were "piz, piz", a shortening of lápiz, the Spanish word for "pencil". From the age of seven, Picasso received formal artistic training from his father in figure drawing and oil painting.
Picasso was exceptionally prolific throughout his long lifetime. The total number of artworks he produced has been estimated at 50,000, comprising 1,885 paintings; 1,228 sculptures; 2,880 ceramics, roughly 12,000 drawings, many thousands of prints, and numerous tapestries and rugs. So yes, Picasso was a very busy artist creating and playing every moment he had.
Fun Facts:
• Several paintings by Picasso rank among the most expensive paintings in the world.
• More of his paintings have been stolen than any other artist's, 550 of his works are listed as missing.
• When Picasso died at age 91 in April 1973, he had become one of the most famous and successful artist throughout history.
Picasso's Masterpieces
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| Les Demoiselles d'Avignon 1907 |
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| Picasso Painting his piece called Guernica |
SUPPLIES NEEDED:
• White watercolor or canvas paper or canvas board
• Crayons / oil pastels or paints (acrylic, watercolor, or tempura)
• Black oil pastel or black magic marker (for outline details)
• Pencil and eraser (sketch out cubism face then fill in and outline with black)
REMEMBER TO ALWAYS PROTECT YOUR WORK AREA BY PLACING NEWSPAPER OR A DROP CLOTH ON YOUR SURFACE AND ALWAYS CLEAN UP ONCE YOU ARE DONE, THAT WAY WHEN YOU ARE READY TO CREATE AGAIN YOUR WORKSPACE IS READY FOR YOU.
INSTRUCTIONS / INSPIRATION:
The simple idea of cubism is for it to look like a drawing that was torn into a bunch of smaller pieces then put together again, but in a different order, which is the way Picasso actually explored with Cubism. The most common face/portrait view of cubism is that the face looks like a profile from one angle or multiple faces from another angle, the eyes are not even/symmetrical may be a bit tilted or off to the side, there may be just one ear in view, the mouth may not be centered, hair and accessories may be different from the other side…. So a Cubism portrait is not symmetrical at all, it’s abstract pieces coming together as one. So, I ask that you be creative, brave and jump right into creative playtime and enjoy the process. See samples and finished artwork from our art students below and use them as inspiration for your masterpiece.
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Interactive questions:
1. How many shapes do you see in your drawing?
2. How many faces do you have in your masterpiece?
3. How many colors did you use?
4. Where was Picasso Born?
5. What did Picasso’s Father do for a living?
6. What was Picasso’s first word?
7. What was your favorite part of this project?
Remember Art is life and life is Art, so live it creatively!!!
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Article written by Mia Roman founder of Art By Mia.
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