‘Every Child is an artist – the problem is how to remain one..’ Picasso

Louise Pasquill began the term looking at Picasso with our youngest art club members in Reception and Year 1. Picasso has an exhibition at Tate Modern at the moment and famously said

Every Child is an artist, the problem is how to remain one when one grows up….

I took my children to see the exhibition during the Easter holidays and they both enjoyed a little drawing

Louise looked at some stories about Picasso and made some simple and colourful abstract paintings of faces and flowers.

Such and accessible artist to look at with young children.

They went on to look at the story ‘The Pencil and talked about favourite colours and words associated with them – peaceful, calm, strong, gentle, masculine and feminine.

We made more drawings in response.

The pencil and the frightened figure

A dessert a cactus and fox. Happy faces

The pencil and the brush

We have also been revelling in the summer sun, drawing the Summer Sun inspired by Damien Hirst’s new paintings, which are also influenced by Bonnard.

We have also been drawing in sand with cotton buds and sending messages from a desert island for seagulls to deliver.