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Start your Picasso art project by making a Picasso Face using Picasso Face Roll & Draw Activity.
First, students will roll the dice to pick out the features of the face. After students pick out the parts of the face, they can add hair, a neck, and shoulders.
You can use pencils to make the drawing or just jump right into using Sharpie markers when making their Picasso Face drawing since this is an abstract picture, students don’t need to be as concered about making mistakes.
Go over some of the marker lines a second time to thicken them up.
After making the drawing with a black permanent marker, outline each area with a colored marker.
• Use new washable markers.
• Choose dark colors.
•Go over the outline two times (or more).
After outlining with marker, add a texture rubbing to each area. You can use regular crayons or crayon cookies, which are melted crayons (a great way to recycle old crayons). You can see how to make crayon cookies in this blog post.
Keep in mind, texture rubbings also work well with peeled broken crayons.
I used Fiskars texture plates to make the texture rubbings, but other brands will work as well.
Did you know, you can even make your texture rubbing plates?
Here are some ways to make texture rubbing plates:
For the best results, choose a contrasting color from the marker outline.
In this example, I chose color complements for the most contrast:
Now, admire your finished Picasso art project!!
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2 Responses
Love this project. I'm not understanding the painting part. Is it the marker that gets diluted?
Yes, it's important to have paper that isn't too absorbent. 80-903 drawing paper works the best for me. Also, it's important that you get the marker wet. If you didn't use the right paper or if your marker isn't bleeding well, you can alway add a little watercolor. Another trick is to rub the marker on a shiny surface, such as a plastic lid, then use a wet brush to "pick up" the color and paint with it.