
Picasso’s Blue Period lasted for 4 years. It was a sad time in his life and he primarily used blue paint in his works.
After that sad time Pablo fell in love and splashed many of his canvases with lovely colors such as pinks, reds, corals and purples. This became known as his Rose Period which focused on bold shapes and colorful patterns. In these two art lessons my students created delightful flowers and hearts inspired by Picasso’s Rose Period.

First Project: Painted Hearts

Students used a piece of tagboard, drew a heart, painted it with tempera paint, then cut it out when dry. It took 50 minutes to complete one large heart.

I just tell them to create fun designs with paint. They are wonderful students who love to create fantastic projects.

Second Project: Picasso Roses
Students created a big flower on tagboard using tempera paint. It took 50 minutes to complete one large flower. We let them dry and then cut them out.

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This 18 page-PDF features an easy to follow art lesson, complete with full color photos. Also, you will find beautiful galleries containing examples of students’ artwork, reproducible Artist Statements for project reflection, full color 11″ x 17″ poster, I Can Statements and National Standards.
These lessons are great for ages 7-11 but any age student can create beautiful art using these directions. These lessons are designed so that every child will be a successful artist.

The Digital PDF includes:
This 18 page-PDF features an easy to follow art lesson, complete with full color photos. Also, you will find beautiful galleries containing examples of students’ artwork, reproducible Artist Statements for project reflection, full color 11″ x 17″ poster, I Can Statements and National Standards.
These lessons are great for ages 7-11 but any age student can create beautiful art using these directions. These lessons are designed so that every child will be a successful artist.

The Digital PDF includes:
- Step by Step full-color photo tutorial for each lesson
- Artist Background info on Picasso
- Subject Background information
- Picasso Timeline
- Supplies needed for each project
- Objectives
- Vocabulary
- Inspirational Picasso quotes
- Student Galleries
- Reproducible Artist Statements for project reflection
- National Standards
- I Can Statement
- Helpful tips
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25 Comments
Nancie Kay
January 19, 2011 at 4:59 pmAren't those just the best?! Love all that creative individuality – makes MY heart smile…thanks for sharing!
Anonymous
January 19, 2011 at 5:12 pmLove it! I have been wanting to start an art club at my school with 4th graders. Can you share how you go about organzing the club? Do you have a max number of students? Is it by invitation, can anyone join, etc? How often to do you meet?
Thank you for any advice you have!!
~Michelle
Art Teacher in TX
Joanna Davis
January 19, 2011 at 5:22 pmLOVE these! will do with my second graders for sure! how fun!!!
Paintedpaper
January 19, 2011 at 5:29 pmMichelle, I have it open for 4th and 5th graders. 20 students max so we can have space to create large projects! 🙂 We have it board approved so we have additional pay from the district.
We have one in the elementary, middle school and high school. It meets twice a month before school starts and last 45 minutes.
Jenny Bartolazzi
January 19, 2011 at 7:04 pmLOVE THESE!!!!
Mrs. Hahn
January 20, 2011 at 1:58 amGREAT! GREAT! GREAT! I love these! Thanks so much for sharing!
Teresa
January 20, 2011 at 5:08 amOh, those are beautiful. Did they take them home, or do you display them all together? What a gorgeous collection!
Paper Pear
January 20, 2011 at 11:12 amI love the patterns and picasso relation! I hope things are going wonderfully for you this year! Amazed it is nearly February and my 2nd yr of teaching almost under my belt. THANKFUL you introduced me to the blotting world! More and more thanks!
Peace!
Jen
Paper Pear
January 20, 2011 at 11:14 amBlogging! !
Paintedpaper
January 20, 2011 at 11:56 amThanks guys, Teresa, They will be used for a large Picasso display for our upcoming art show.
Caroline
January 21, 2011 at 3:15 amI love this project!! which colors did you use ? Red and white tempera??
taramarie88
January 22, 2011 at 11:25 pmThese all wonderful! I love the designs!
jessica Johnston
January 23, 2011 at 11:19 pmThe hearts look great. I love them. I have an unrelated question, I am trying to rotate an image I uploaded on my blog and I cannot for the life of me figure out where to do it. It uploaded in a vertical format even though it was saved in a horizontal format. Help, ready to pull my hair out! Jessica
Paintedpaper
January 23, 2011 at 11:35 pmJessica you should be able to do the rotate in picassa. The photo program is connected with blogger. Good luck!
Fine Lines
January 29, 2011 at 1:12 amOhhhhhh! These are wonderful!!
Art Project Girl
January 31, 2011 at 11:39 pmSo is that the large tagboard you were talking about??? How long can you use it for? The hearts look like a lot of painting fun!
Paintedpaper
February 1, 2011 at 12:47 amYes, it last at least for a semester. We use it for everything! Thanks
Anonymous
February 14, 2011 at 3:42 pmWhat type of paint do you use for this project?
Shannon Maynard
January 5, 2012 at 12:40 pmGreat Idea!!!
Art Project Girl
January 21, 2012 at 2:27 pmI have a question! I would like to try this but what ROSE PERIOD paintings did you use for examples? I am just curious because these came out so great and I bet they had great inspiration.
Paintedpaper
January 26, 2012 at 2:03 amThe circus performers. He followed them around for 3 years! Lots of patterns and soft colors. 🙂
J. Cooper
February 15, 2012 at 7:22 pmI just finished this with my third graders. We skipped the Picasso link and just talked about shades and tints. I also gave them purple and magenta paint in addition to the red, white, and black. They came out fantastic! I'll be posting pictures of them later this week on my blog. I'll link back to you when I do. This was a very successful lesson. 🙂
Anonymous
April 16, 2013 at 7:27 pmLove your ideas!! Thank you! I too have an art club with 4th and 5th graders. Group members and media change each month! Fun for all of us and we can focus on making great art in an exciting medium such as clay,photography, and glass.
Pi Casso
July 2, 2013 at 12:11 pmThis post is really incredible, one of the most helpful I have ever read, indeed. picasso
Anonymous
January 6, 2014 at 2:57 pmA good book to go with this is Picasso and Minou. It covers his blue and rose period and has a love message 🙂