6th Grade - Its a Square, Square World! 01-03-11

 Pablo Picasso - Still Life with Cherries

Warm Up : 

Describe a room in a home that would have the most squares in it.

Vocab:

Shape: a two dimensional object such as a square, circle, or rectangle

Square:  four equal sides and four equal angles.

Pablo Picasso: One of the founding fathers of the art style known as cubism.

Interior Space: An area or space located on the inside.

 Dry Medium: An artist tool that is applied dry and does not involve the use of water.

The Assignment: 

GLE: 

The student will create an interior space piece in pencil using square forms.They will look at the artist Pablo Picasso and cubism to gain an understanding of square 2 dimensional forms.

SPI: 

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The Artist: 

Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso was born and raised in Spain but later moved to France. He is one of the founding fathers of the art style known as Cubism. He had a long and fruitful art career working in the a variety of different mediums such as pencil, ceramic, oil paint, and print making. He is described as being ahead of his time as an artist even after his death in 1971.

Our Source Image of the week:

Today's Mission: 

We will begin to sketch our interior space using the image provided above. It uses our shape of the week, the square, along with its cousin the rectangle through out the image. Make sure to pay close attention to the demo so you can understand how the image is sketch so you can do the same yourself.