Picasso 'draw-a-long'
29th October 2022
Our ‘Thought for the Week’ celebrated the birthday of Pablo Picasso. Arguably the most famous and influential artist of the 20th century, Pablo Picasso has maintained an unparalleled significance in the story of Modern art. Born in Spain on 25 October 1881, he began to draw from an early age. Picasso, along with Georges Braque, went on to develop the Cubism visual arts style.
Using our Braeburn Circles value of ‘Interest’ we first investigated the history of Cubism and then explored what makes Cubism interesting and how to articulate our thoughts and feelings towards a piece of art.
During Monday afternoon’s assembly, we held our first Braeburn draw-a-long! Unlike our usual assembly, children stayed in their classrooms and logged into a Google Meet. After a quick introduction by Mrs Walby, the children got out their pencils and were ready to listen to Mrs Gould describe a painting by Picasso. As Mrs Gould animatedly described triangles and half watermelons coming out the back of sideways heads, the children eagerly sketched away - unsure of what they were drawing or aiming for. Below are some of their masterpieces - can you tell a Year 1s from a Year 8? Can you spot Mrs House's extraordinary talent?
The following day, to much excitement the teachers revealed the painting that Mrs Gould had so eloquently been describing - Tête De Femme (1935)
