Sabrina+Brown

=**Artist Statement:**=

What was the impression Picasso was trying to display in his piece? What about the piece made it so famous?

=First Impressions:=

This would be a hard piece because Picasso is well-known for artwork. He has many types of artwork that have been expanded throughout his years of painting.

//**PABLO PICASSO**//

 * Background Information:**

Pablo Picasso (1881 – 1973) co-founded Cubism and produced a monumental 20,000 artworks during his 70-year career. Picasso’s copious outpouring of work was so extensive and complex that art historians have divided it into individual periods. A prodigy in his youth, Picasso enrolled in advanced classes at Barcelona’s Royal Academy of Art at age 15. The strong geometric forms of his groundbreaking Cubist works redefined art as a medium that could digress from literal images of reality. Passionately creative in every genre from primitive art to sketches to Surrealism, Picasso profoundly impacted 20th century art.


 * Painting**:



Is this piece finish?
The process I told to take on this piece of artwork was to start with sketching out the entire piece as a rough draft. This was a difficult process for me because first, I had to realize this was a painting and a painting is way different from drawing so, I had to know that my lines weren’t going to be perfect. I had a hard time with the head and also the hat because faces and heads and things like that are my weakest points so they were very difficult to me, and also I have a hard time with faces. I also had difficulty with the hands; they also aren’t my strongest points.

The reason I am not finishing this project is because this project was a bit of a challenge for me and although I was having much difficulty with the body parts in the sketch it delayed my project and it didn’t allow me to move onto my final piece. A Picasso is not a very simple piece, because it’s something I feel that takes more time to do. If I took that long in my sketch, I can’t imagine how long the actual piece will take with the final and then oil on canvas.

= Second Quarter =

//Artist Statement:// I plan to move my painting onto a board, re-sketch the paper on the board, and also try to make any adjustments, and hopefully complete my painting.



I have not finished my piece yet, due to me having complications with the face. From 1st quarter, I moved my painting from a paper to a board. This meaning that i had to restart my drawing over which I already had complications from the beginning. The hands were also a hard thing for me. It was like it too 2 class periods to achieve one thing in the painting. I have to realize that this is painting.

=__//**3rd Quarter**//__ =

3rd Quarter Expectations?
In The 3rd quarter, I plan to finish this painting, and then afterward I'm looking forward to starting a new project.



Still Not Finished?
No, I'm not finished yet. I just have to finish painting then, I will be done.

=**__4th QUARTER !!__** =

//**Me: Yes I am !**//
I'm glad that my final project is completed for the year. I interpreted the picture and added my own colors to the piece. One challenge I found was mixing colors. Picasso had a creative way of mixing colors and had a great style of interpretation as well as paint design.

= Other Pieces Of Work =

I am currently finishing up this piece. I recently saw this picture at a Black Art Show. I loved this piece. I seen the emotion in it, and it spoke to me alot. I knew I would either make an interpretation of this piece for myself or buy the painting.