Picasso faces

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) was a Spanish artist. He started drawing at a very young age, attending a famous art school in Barcelona at 14. His paintings changed greatly over the years, so much that they are categorised into periods: blue period, rose period, cubism and surrealism. The different art period came about due to personal circumstances which affected his art work. He is most famous for the way he reimagined people’s faces, rearranging the facial features.

Have you noticed how Picasso changes the position of the nose, eyes and ears?

Often his portraits looked like one half of the face was facing him and the other half was in profile (looking to the side).

Why don’t you have a go at creating your own Picasso-inspired portrait? Here’s some ideas for inspiration:

Please send us a photo of your work, we’d love to see it!

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