This is a step by step guide to painting your own abstract portrait in the style of Pablo Picasso....

This is a step by step guide to painting your own abstract

portrait in the style of Pablo

Picasso.

Paint A PicassoPaint A Picasso

Set out all the supplies you will

need for this project.

SupplieSuppliess

Paint A PicassoPaint A Picasso

Tape your paper down with removable painters

tape. This will leave a nice white border when you are finished. Keep

your borders consistent on all 4 sides.

Get ReadyGet ReadyPaint A PicassoPaint A Picasso

Lay out the Picasso famous painting sheet to refer to during this project.

Get Get SetSet

Put the black acrylic paint in the paint pallet (water can be added if the paint is too thick).

Use a medium size paint brush, make sure it is not too small to paint the lines.

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First paint a large letter ‘U’ in the middle of

your page. (Leave the same amount of space on each side, and the

same amount of space on the top and bottom).

Step 1Step 1

Paint APaint APicassoPicasso

Add a small upside down u for the chin,

then paint the lips (you can make her look happy or sad).

Step 2Step 2


Paint 2 small dots for the nostrils, and a small v

underneath. Then paint 2 lines going up that flare

away from each other at the top.

Step 3Step 3


Make 2 black circles for pupils, then add a

curved line above and below the circles for

the eyes.

Step 4Step 4


Paint the eyelashes and the eyebrows.

Step 5Step 5


Add 2 curved lines for the ears,

and 2 straight lines down for the

neck.

Step 6Step 6


Paint a large ‘bowl’ shaped curved line for the bottom of the hat, and a smaller similar curved line above it.

Step 7Step 7


Complete the hat by adding the top

curve line, and the 2 short lines

on the sides.

Step 8Step 8


Add a curved line at the base of the neck for a

collar, and 2 slanted lines going off the page for

shoulders.

Step 9Step 9


Paint lines coming down from the hat all

the way to the shoulder to make the hair on the left side.

Step Step 1010


Add hair lines on right side and add a

design on the shirt (lines, dots, flowers,

etc.)

Step Step 1111


You have finished with the LINE part of your

drawing! Let it dry completely before adding the color.

Speed up drying time with a fan or blow dryer.

Step Step 1212


Get out your watercolor set and

paint the left side of the girl. Choose crazy

colors that you normally wouldn’t

paint a person.

Step Step 1313


Now paint the right side using different colors than the left.

When it dries, remove the tape.

Step Step 1414


LOOK AT YOURMASTERPIECE!

You just painted your own abstract portrait

in the style of Picasso. You may

want to matt or frame your work.


This is a step by step guide to painting your own abstract portrait in the style of Pablo Picasso....

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