Painting with Light

1. using the element of movement to create abstractions
painting with light

2. • October 25, 1881 – April 8, 1973 (85 at death)
• the Guinness Book of Records names Picasso as the most
prolific artist ever
• during his lifetime, Picasso was wealthy, world-
famous and one of the most influential people of
both the 19th & 20th centuries
• his most lasting contribution to art history is abstraction
and the development of the modern art movement
pablo picasso
a modern renaissance man

3. • a precocious draftsman, Picasso was admitted to the
advanced classes at the Royal Academy of Art in Barcelona at
the age of 15
• after 1900 he spent much time in Paris, remaining there from
1904 to 1947, when he moved to the South of France
• a radical departure from the artistic ideas of the
preceding ages and now considered the most
significant work in the development toward cubism
and modern abstraction
pablo picasso
a modern renaissance man

4. • in his later years Picasso turned to
creations of fantasy and comic
invention
• Picasso developed several new
techniques, including collage and
papier collé
• he worked consistently in sculpture,
ceramics, paint, photography and in
the graphic arts
picasso’s photography
the avant-garde in photography

5. • Picasso completed the first light
paintings in 1924 (sometimes
referred to as “living pictures”)
• A man once criticized Picasso for
creating unrealistic art.
• Picasso asked him: "Can you show
me some realistic art?"
• The man showed him a photograph
of his wife.
• Picasso observed: "So your wife is
two inches tall, two-dimensional,
with no arms and no legs, and no
color but only shades of gray?"
picasso’s photography
the avant-garde in photography

6. 1. Handheld light source(s)
2. Pitch black room
3. Slow shutterspeed
4. Minimize camera shake
5. Choose manual focus over
auto focus, or Low ISO or
Twilight setting on camera to
slow the shutterspeed
“painting with light” process
how to create the images…

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