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Article: Camouflage, color schemes and Cubism.(Brief Article)
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- Arts & Activities
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- April 1, 2002
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A brilliantly colored parrot is hidden in a forest of similar hues. A tawny lion lurks amongst lion-colored yellow and orange shapes. The idea of camouflage or protective coloration is intriguing. Use that quality to motivate young artists in a color study incorporating a component of Cubism.
In one phase of Cubism, two of the ingredients are "faceting" and "fragmentation." I show my class an example of Picasso's Female Torso, and we discuss how the form has been broken up into many triangles.
To begin their own "semi-Cubistic" artworks, the students must sketch a large, rather simple subject. Nothing too small or complex, I say. Also, I require flat ...