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Facts about Pablo Picasso
• Pablo Picasso was born on October 25,
1881 in Malaga, Spain.
• His full name has 23 words, a series of
the names of saints and relatives.
• His first words were “Piz,Piz” which
was short for Lapiz, The Spanish word for
pencil.
• Picasso was skilled from a very early
age; he always had a passion for drawing.
• He completed his first painting at the
age of 9; “Le picador”.
• Because he was so preoccupied with his
art, Picasso was a terrible student, but no
doubt that he was brilliant artistically.
• When the Mona Lisa was stolen from
the Louvre, he was fingered as a suspect,
and was questioned by the police, but he
was shortly after released.
• In 1900 he made his first trip to France,
where he had spent most of his life.
• Pablo Picasso wrote 300 poems.
• On April 8, 1973 Pablo Picasso died in
France and was buried in the grounds of a
château that he bought in south of France.
• It is estimated that Picasso produced
50,000 pieces of art which include paint-
ings, sculptures, ceramics, drawings,
prints, tapestries and rugs.
• Several paintings by Picasso rank
among the most expensive paintings in
the world. And More of Picasso’s paint-
ings have been stolen than those of any
other artist.
Pablo Picasso
In this tiny corner, I’m going to share
with you the one and only secret to improve your
drawing skills
(I’ll be posting my first portrait and one of the
latest’s)
As you can see, on the right, my very first portrait
drawing attempt, it was not a good one, but I was
extremely happy with the result, because I never be-
lieved that I had it in me, I was always afraid to try
and fail, it didn’t occur to me that I could get better.
Now, the one on the left is one of my latest draw-
ings, you can obviously see the difference, all what
it takes is just trying and not be afraid of the results
To draw well, you have to practice, a lot. That is the
secret, the only secret.
The more you draw the more confident you’ll be
with a pen in hand.
So grab that pen and try, draw anything, shapes,
faces, draw from magazines or photographs, from
nature. Stay with it, draw every chance you get.
Last, keep in mind that practice makes
perfection.
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