If working at tables (observing a still-life or animal), encourage students to stand up while drawingso they use arm motions instead finger motions.

This might depend on the the age and prior experience of the students. If they work with drawing pencils, ink, ball point, or with small brushes, use a smaller size so it does not take too long. For charcoal, pastels, oil pastels and paints you could use 12 x 18 or larger. Select paper that is large enough for the drawing tools and art media being used. Otherwise use a warm up to familiarize students with the material. Use any drawing media that students are already familiar with. This avoids disrupting them when they are ready to start working. Not looking at the paper while the pencil is in motion.ĭistribute the materials before discussing the process and giving drawing directions. The instructions included the use of a blinder and Of two chickens in motion drawn with the instructions to keepĭrawing in the same space while the chickens are moving. The pencil drawing on the right was made in the author'sĪdult drawing class. In the variation below, two chickens move about while the class draws them. Taste and smell are excellent multi-sensory motivation.Īnother variation uses one or two student models that move according to teacher prompts to simulate a dance motion or an athletic action. They bring in sportingstuff, stuffed toys, musical instruments, some cloth, a few dry weeds,and so on.ĭepending of the season, some teachers bring large sunflowers, grapes, gourds, squash, onions, eggplant, apples, and so forth from the garden. The teacher guides the students who learnto set up a large still life in the middle of the room or several smallsetups in the middle of their work tables. Numerous art historians and painters have studied cubism for nearly 100 years and have never seen what has long seemed very obvious to Arne Glimcher. Arne Glimcher and Bernice Rose invented and curated this very innovative exhibition that illustrates the influences of early motion picture film on minds of Picasso and Braque. In 2007, there was a ground-breaking exhibition: Picasso, Braque and Early Film in Cubism at the Pace Wildenstein in Brooklyn, New York, April 20 – June 23, 2007. Traditionally, art historians have supposed that cubism represented a way of seeing our world from multiple viewpoints simultaneously, but now we have strong evidence that Braque and Picasso were influenced by the invention of motion pictures. In order to do this, the teacher has studied cubism and has a working understanding of the theories and aesthetic motivations of historic cubism. Help your students develop the habits of thinking used by highly creative people rather than teaching them to emulate artists by copying the mere look of their work. Just like real artists are inventors, guide students to make discoveries, we help students discover cubism themselves. H ave students practice from the motivations behind cubism without first seeing cubist images. This lesson is best above second grade, but advanced kindergarten children enjoy it.ĭo NOT show artwork or say the word cubismuntil near the end of the lesson.ĭo NOT demonstrate.

This is a good lesson for adults and children who have masteredsome abstract thinking ability.

Learn about an important art style (a way of seeing), art history, art criticism, and aesthetics Learn about principles of composition including time, motion, emphasis, and unityĮncourage creative divergent thinking and experimental work habitsįoster a collaborative art studio atmosphereĪvoid becoming dependent on imitation and copyworkĪvoid dependence on teacher demonstrationsīuild self-confidence, natural curiosity, and focusĮncourage playfulness, connectedness, and appreciation of nature and human history Learn to compose shapes, lines, and colors

Note that it has been drawn from different distancesĪnd from different views all within the same space. On the right is a practice drawing using a three-dimensional paperĭuck as a study. And DISCOVERY to foster Independent Creative

Cubism for kids