Final post.

As I am posting this last post for this blog, I would like to tell you about a couple of things I found challenging. What I learned while making this blog. Also some of the rewarding things I got out of this blog.

One thing I learned while writing this blog was that you have to search hard and really stay up to date on things. Sometimes it's hard to to find something about someone, you just have to search the right words and hopefully you would get a good result.

The most difficult thing that I found was the blog site that I used. I had difficulties with the site cracking on me when I was trying to post or edit something. When i would go edit or write a post it would give me an error there's a problem with your server. I also had trouble without not loading correctly. Every time I would try to upload a picture, the site wouldn't show the picture(s) in the original page.

Another aspect I found difficult was finding more information in my person, mainly because he wasn't really someone who was openly about his life.

One aspect that I found rewarding was knowing that Picasso didn't only go to one art school but several at that fact. Pablo Picasso dint just go to one art school he went to sever, but they weren't all top of the art art school. Picasso was always moving following his dad who was a teacher and artist, going to the top of the art schools where his dad worked at. I find this rewarding because I know that you don't have to just go to one school to be a great artist you can go anywhere.

Another aspect I found rewarding was that I know how to make an actual blog and how to cite things correctly now. This will help me later in life if I decide to ever write another blog.

As I wrap I would like to remind you this is my last post for this blog. Don't forget that although things may seem easy some are not.

Five Greatest Accomplishments for Picasso

As I'm wrapping up my blog on Pablo Picasso I would like to tell you a little about five of his accomplishment that I thought were the best.

Accomplishment #5: Stalin Prize for Peace
Picasso was awarded the Lenin (Stalin) Peace Prize in 1950 for his involvement in the Soviet Union. The Lenin Pearce Prize was founded in 1949 of December 1 by Joseph Stalin. Picasso was the 3rd person awarded this prize. I believe this is an accomplishment because it showed that Picasso cared about others than himself and his paintings.
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Accomplishment #4: Guernica Painting.
The Guernica painting is Picasso's most famous art work. Is a protest against the bombing of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War. It's painted on a black and white canvas. Was hailing in New York's museum of modern art, but then it was moved to Madrid. I believe this is an accomplishment because despite that most people hated his paintings that this one painting became his famous one. It just shows that if you work hard enough you can make it.
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Accomplishment #3: Cubism Period.
The cubism period began at the beginning of the 20th century. It used Braques technique put on an abstract way. " it became very popular in 1910 and many artist after that have developed cubism techniques, paving a way for a cubism movement which extended to other styles like expressionism, surrealism and futhrism. This is a accomplishment because he had inspired other people to start to use cubism in some of their own artworks. He had made this something that people would end up using in the majority of their pieces.
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Accomplishment #2: the Blue and Rose period.
The blue period invoked blue practically in most of Picasso's work. The blue period represents negative and sadness of his paintings. The rose period that goes along with the blue period signaled a choice of brighter pink tones within the previous blues. "Art experts even individuals that rejected his later innovative style, respected his blue period". I believe this is the second greatest accomplishment because Picasso's blue period only started when his dear friend Carlos shot himself in the head. Even though his friend had died he found the will to paint still, so many of the paintings he did was inspired by his friends death. Adding the pink to it was telling people that he was finally accepting the fact that he's gone.
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Accomplishment #1: the achievement of Pablo Picasso himself.
This accomplishment is shown by the thousands of print reproductions of his art. "Lots of people collect Pablo Picasso painting for their precious value". I say this is the main accomplishment he made because its who he is and what he wanted to with his life. He succeed his goal and is happy with his life.
Read a little more about it here: Pub Articles

As I wrap this up I'd like to say I really hope you consider on following your own dream no matter what other people may tell you. Even thought Picasso had many people who hated him he still followed his dream and he was successful.



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Sennelier vs. Holbein

I chose to use the connection between Sennelier and Holbein oil pastels because he Sennelier oil pastels were especially made for Pablo Picasso. The Holbein oils are just about the same but they weren't made just for any one person. Some people can t tell the difference between the two. With some help with the two web pages I looked at, which are "Oil pastels product reviews" and "Fine Art Store". I found had they are the same in many ways and don't really have many differences.

 The Sennelier products were origin oh made for Pablo Picasso. Only when Henri Sennelier had left over oil pastels, Picasso only wanted 30 of each colour, was when he started selling them. Nice they became very popular Henri began to make more. Sennelier oils were made in 1949, and is one of the oldest brands that are available still today. Their one of the softest oil pastels made, they say its almost as equal to painting with lipstick. The Sennelier oil pastels are not intended for your skin because of the toxics it contains, there called cadmium and cobalt pigments. The tip of the pastels is tapered like a colourful bullet. The wrappers are notched very quarter inch for easy peeling and leaves just enough room for the colour to show and enough room so you can tell what colour is running out. The wrappers are helpful with keeping your hands clean. The oil primaries are very good for mixing/mixture, some say you can paint an entire painting with them. These oil pastels are expensive just for a small amount of them, the primaries (3 colors) range from about $6-12 dollars, just in the U.S. (Sennelier review)

Holbein products are also expensive, depending on the kind you get the price varies from $11-52 for a set of 15 oil pastels, for a ate of 24 the price is about $75 and up. Holbein has top quality oil pastels along with other products. "Their products when shipped to people are systematically organized in a way that makes sense both to the traditional painter looking for specific pigments and to the colourist looking for gradated tints of each pigment". (Holbein review) Their oils pastels do not have wrapping so you might get your hands dirty when you use them.

Holbein products are high quality, made from fine natural and man made pigments, with quality oil and wax. It one of the world leaders in Fine Art Materials web site. Most people would agree that the colours are amazing. You get excellent results for the price you pay for them, along with the depth of the colour. They are very expensive. Sennelier manufactures on of the finest professional oil pastels the world has. The quality of the pastels make them a pleasure to use. They are extraordinary creamy, they are like lipstick. They have rich pigments, outstanding opacity, incredibly wells have excellent lifelessness. (fineartstore)

Both of the sources I looked at said that Sennelier has the finest oils world. They were developed for Pablo Picasso and they are soft like lipstick. They talk about how Holbein oils are naturally and man made. They are high quality materials. The colour takes well and also blends well. It's also one of the world leaders in oil pastels.

I was finding in one of my sources that they only really talked about how they were mad and what they were made of, never really talked about how well they work and if they were able to blend. One source did talk about where they originated, but not really sure for the Holbein products. I know Sennelier was produced in Spain. Not entirely sure on the exact location.neither of the sources really did say.

I think both of the products are good but they are expensive for a small amount of them. I would prefer the Sennelier products more because the tips are more pointed than most oil pastels that are cylinder shaped.



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Sennelier

Today there are many different styles of art witch may include painting, sculpting, drawing, collages, ceramics, prints, tapestries, etc. There are also many different brands of paints, canvases, drawing pencils, basically anything you would need for any art project, or art work. There's a wide variety of them.

For paints there are watercolor paints, acrylic paints, and oil paints. "There are many different brands of paints for example there are Dunhn-Edwards, Ralph Lauren Home, Benjamin Moore, Valspar, Behr, Lowe's, and Consumer Search" (Types of Paints). As you can see their are a wide verity of brands of paints for people to use. The most commonly used for artist is the Sennelier products.

With Sennelier their are watercolors, oils, dry pigments, chalk, pastels, varnish, and many more. The Sennelier products are very expensive. Depending on the color you get the prices range from $8-$20 for a 40mL tub and $20-$100 for a 200mL tub (Prices).

Many artist love this brand. Sennelier products are a French brand of art supplies, produced in 1887. These product were specially made for Pablo Picasso. Picasso liked to use the Sennelier oils for most of his paintings, because it is better suited to the diversity of modern techniques. "The slightly heavier body retains its unique creaminess while offering greater versatility" (Sennelier Pro). Sennelier has remade their products several times. Other people prefer other brands though, not saying that you have to use this types of paint and stuff. You may use whatever works for you best.

For me, I use sketching pencils when I draw. Usually would get them from Walmart but I found the best ones that work for me are Staedtler, Mars Lumograph. You can find this brand mostly at staples or hobby lobby that's where I could find them. Or if I could find some when I need them I would use colored drawing pencils. I've never used  Sennelier products before, but from some of the art work I saw they we're pretty well. After seeing what their products can do I'm thinking about buying some.



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Picasso Paintings and his Blue Period

Pablo Picasso was someone who was very busy with his art work he made paintings, ceramics, prints, tapestries, drawings, sculptures, etc was extremely productive. "One site reports 50,000 art works in total, including 1,885 paintings, while another site reports 13,500 paintings, and another suggests over 20,000 paintings! Keep in mind he was painting for over 75 years, but that's still a lot of paintings." Artsology

Picasso had went through a blues phase. The Blue Period of Picasso was between 1900 and 1904. When he painted he essentially used shades of blue and blue-green, only occasionally warmed by other colors. They are now some of his most popular works, but at the time he had difficulty selling them.

Picasso had settled in Paris in 1904, spent some difficult years with no studio and little artistic success. In 1903 Picasso's Blue Period was developed, which reflect his experience of relative poverty and instability, depicting beggars, street urchines, the old and frail and the blind.

It is uncertain when this period started; it could have began in Spain during the spring of 1901, or in Paris towards the end of the year. In choosing sober colors and sometimes doleful subject matter, example prostitutes. Beggars and drunks are frequent subjects. He was influenced by his journey through Spain. Also influenced by the suicide of his dear friend Carlos Casagemas. He had who took his life at the L’Hippodrome Café in Paris, France. By shooting himself in the right temple on February 17, 1901 Carlos Casagemas died.

Another influence to Picasso's blue period paintings was a woman's prison, which was St. Lazare in Paris. In this prison nun served as guards. In one of his paintings he has painted two sisters but in all the two sisters were actually a prisoner and a nun. The painting is an example of how he used to mix daily reality with Christian iconography.




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How Picasso came to his art work

Pablo was 8 when he started painting, he would make drawing but they were different from children's drawing today. At Picasso's young age, like mature artists would draw and paint, children were expected to draw as closely to nature as possible.

Pablo received drawing lessons at school, in Malaga Spain, at the age 5 and on. Children were taught based on the simple geometric forms how to draw, which lead to more detail and an accurate image of the subject. This approach to art would develop Picasso's sense of space, geometry and lay a foundation for the ease. His father sent him to schools where he worked as a teacher and gave him sessions.

Since Pablo's father was an art teacher he would take control of all of his education in art. Picasso's father was present in his life either at school or at home. In his first two major paintings, which were "The First Communion" which was painted in 1896 and "Science and Charity" painted in 1897, Pablo includes the (rather uninspired) portrait of his father.

Pablo's father used his influence with local newspapers to promote his work. As well as with jury members of art contests, that Pablo was in. His father got a new job at the an art school called Instituto da Guarda in La Coruna, to where they would have to move there and change schools. Pablo joins his father at the school as a student, in 1892.

For three years Pablo started with the copying of basic forms, which he enjoyed. Geometric forms was used to create a simplified form of the natural object. By using that, more detail was added in several highly methodical stages. Pablo basically followed his father where ever he went.

His father was appointed at the art academy La Lonja in Barcelona, in 1895, where once again he was joined by Pablo. By renting him a studio in Barcelona, Pablo's father promoted Pablo's independence.

Picasso starting off his career

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Pablo Picasso is a Spanish painter. He was born October 25 in 1881, thus Pablo Picasso the painter was born.

A Spanish expatriate painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and stage designer, who is one of the greatest and most influential artist of the 20th century. His real name is Pablo Diego Jośe Francisco de Paula Juana Nepomucena María de Los Remedios Cipriano de la Santisima Trinidad Clito Ruiz y Picasso. His talent came from his father who was a painter and a(n) art teacher. He displayed a remarkable talent for drawing at a very young age. Some say his very first words were "piz piz" which is Spanish for pencil. His very own father taught him how to draw and paint in his early childhood. At the age of 13 Pablo's paintings were better executed than is father's. he lost all desire to  do any school work what so ever and started spending his day ps doodling in his note books, because of that Pablo was recalled as "for being a bad student". So he would be sent to a cell by all of his teachers. Pablo didn't mind being sent to the cell because he was in the cell he had more time to draw. 

Pablo is know for creating his very first piece (painting) at the age of ten. The painting was called first communion, it is very realistic for a thirteen year old. In the image it is showing his sister Lola receiving her First Communion.