Aitana B. Studies and Presents Picasso!

"For one part of our most recent project we were told to recreate one of our artists' work with our own hands or make an original peace of art. Many people recreated painting and drawings their artist had already made. After looking through Picasso's art, I realized all his works are of such high level and/or very abstract, so I would have a difficult time recreating one of his pieces. So, I decided to create my own version of a Picasso. Picasso has varying periods of time in his life that correspond with the different painting styles he used. I took Picasso's famous art style of Cubism and incorporated his Rose and Blue Periods as well. One can see Cubism from the geometric shapes throughout the woman and the displacement of her eyes. The Rose Period is evident through the utilized colors in the painting. Yellows were used for her hat, pinks for her face, browns for her hair and reds on her shirt. All these colors were essential during the Rose Period. During Picasso's Blue Period, he used many shades of blue and gray and depicted many depressing scenes. In order to properly represent his Blue Period, I used a grayish-blue to create the background for the sky as well as added rain. All these components were brought together to resemble different parts of Picasso's life and his different art styles. The name of this piece is "Woman In The Rain" and pastels and watercolors were used." Presented in Madame Leidhoff's French class.