Pablo Picasso, 1881–1973 - PHIL CRAWSHAYmsusvisualarts.weebly.com/.../picasso_slides.pdf · Pablo Picasso, 1881–1973 “Art is the elimination of the unnecessary.” """"" """""—

Pablo Picasso, 1881–1973

“Art is the elimination of the unnecessary.”" " " " " " "

" " " " " " " " — Pablo Picasso

abstraction = freedom from representational qualities in art.

not by Pablo Picasso

not by Pablo Picasso

✴ One-liners are drawings in which the artist's drawing tool touches the paper and is not lifted until the drawing is finished. They are continuos line drawings.

✴ Your eye can follow along the line from its beginning to its ending –like a roller coaster for your eyes. !

✴ Picasso worked with the one-liner technique in a variety of media. His subjects were lively and included performers, musicians, circus scenes, and animals.

• fluid • acrobatic • sureness of hand • capturing the essence of a character • deceptively simple • continuous flowing line • spontaneous • expressive power • suggestion of weight and volume • suggestion of movement

Your assignment"!

✴ For this project you will each choose an animal and create a continuous line drawing of it inspired by Pablo Picasso’s One Liners.

✴ You will be simplifying it to just its essence to create an abstract interpretation of its form rather than a realistic representation of its form.

✴ You will be using line expressively to suggest personality, volume or weight, and motion.