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If Picasso Went To The Zoo: Explore the Artist

Our book focused on the art styles of many artists, both men and women from many different

countries and time periods. The artists who made the pictures you see in the book are art

teachers from all over the world. They emulated (M-U-Lated) an artist to make their animals. To

emulate is different from copying. Emulating means to do something in the style of someone

else. We can learn a lot by trying to paint the way another person does. We also can't ask

Picasso to paint an animal for us, because he died many years ago.

All of these artists are very famous. Some you may know, some you may not. See if you can find

the answers to some of these questions to learn more about these artists.

1. What was the name of the artist whose style you liked best?

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2. What is the year of their birth? ____________________________

3. What year did they die? _______________________________

4. What country did they grow up in? ______________________________________

5. What is a major event that happened during their lifetime? __________________________

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6. What is it about their art that you like? ___________________________________________

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7. What makes their art special or unique, and different from other artists?

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8. What is the name of a real artwork they made? (Try to pick a famous one)

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9. What kind of art did they make? Painting? Sculpture? _______________________________

10. What is something you like to draw? ____________________________________________

Try drawing the thing you said in #10, but do it in the style of the artist you liked? Draw it below.

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If Picasso Went To The Zoo: Explore Other Artists

There are thousands and thousands of artists we could not fit in this small book. Maybe millions!

We have a list below of some artists who are alive, and some who are not. Your teacher will

have you choose one, or assign one to be your inspiration for this next assignment.

Roy Lichtenstein

Vieira Da Silva

Lee Krasner

Gwen John

Fernand Léger

Robert Smithson

Georges Seurat

Alexander Calder

Paul Gauguin

George Segall

Casper David Fredrich

Alphonse Mucha

Giuseppe Arcimboldo

Robert Rauschenberg

Wassily Kandinsky

Giotto de Bondone

John Fredrick Peto

David Smith

Pierre Auguste Renoir

Peter Paul Rubins

Michaelangelo Caravaggio

Michelangelo Buonarroti

Edouard Manet

Johannes Vermeer

El Greco

Samuel van Hoogstraten

Jacques Louis David

J.M.W. Turner

Jean Michel Basquiat

Gustave Courbet

Paul Klee

Marcel DuChamp

Edward Gorey

Theodor Seuss Geisel

Maurice Sendak

Fernando Botero

H. R. Giger

Jasper Johns

Christo

Bansky

Chuck Close

Kehinde Wiley

Wayne Theibaud

Judith Braun

Jeff Koons

Marilyn Minter

Shepard Fairey

Michel Keck

Jesse Reno

Kara Walker

Ai Weiwei

William Wegman

Jenny Holzer

Kerry James Marshall

Janine Antoni

Kiki Smith

Tony Oursler

Carol Marine

Janet Fish

Camille Przewodek

Tim Burton

Claes Oldenberg

Molly Bang

Justin BUA

Eric Carle

Nancy E. Burkert

Kay Nielsen

Leo and Diane Dillon

Ezra Jack Keats

Hayao Miyazaki

Rumiko Takahashi

Brian Jurgen

Sandy Skoglund

Bridget Riley

Faith Ringold


1. What is the name of the artist you picked? _________________________________________

2. Where were they born and when? _______________________________________________

3. Are they still alive? If not, when did they die? _______________________________________

4. What makes their art special or unique, and different from other artists?

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5. What is the name of a real artwork they made? (Try to pick a famous one)

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6. What kind of art did they make? Painting? Sculpture? _______________________________

7. Sketch their famous artwork below. It does not have to look great, it's a quick sketch.


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If Picasso Went To The Zoo: Make an Emulation

If Firehouse Publications hired you to add one more artist to their book, what artist would you pick?

Write the artist's name here: ____________________________________________

Use the space below to sketch an idea of how you think your artist might make an animal.


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If Picasso Went To The Zoo: Make an Emulation 2

Not everyone loves animals. If you could draw anything you want, what would you draw?

I would like to draw: _________________________________

What artist would you like to emulate? ______________________________

Use the space below to sketch an idea of how you think your artist might make that same thing you like.


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If Picasso Went To The Zoo: Make YOUR Animal

You can be an artist too! What kind of animal would you make? What would you put on it? What kinds

of things can you put on your animal so we learn about the things YOU like? If you love art, maybe you

put a paintbrush on your animal. If you love ballet, how about ballet slippers?

List some things you like: ________________________________________________________________

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If Picasso Went To The Zoo: Poetry Extension

After you create your animal, try to write a poem about it.

Can you make a rhyming poem too?

Our animals were alliterations, so the artist and the animal share the same first letter.

Our poems had a special rhythm, or meter.

Our poems were ten lines long, but the first two lines are very easy.

If _________________________ went to the zoo,

is this the kind of ________________ they'd do?

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If Picasso Went To The Zoo: Vocabulary Extension Some of the poems use vocabulary you might not use every day. Find five words in a poem and find the

definition of the words. Be careful though, sometimes when writing poetry the words can be changed or

misspelled on purpose to help the rhyme pattern work. In the Hieronymus Bosch Barn Owl poem the

word "Surrealish" is used, but it is not a real word. It means "In the surrealism style," but that has too

many words to fit nicely. So if you find a word that is not really a word, instead of defining it, write what

it is trying to mean, creating your own definition.

1___________:__________________________________

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2___________:__________________________________

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3___________:__________________________________

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4___________:__________________________________

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5___________:__________________________________

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If Picasso Went To The Zoo: Writing Extension

Many of the famous artists we have included in the book have said some interesting things in their lives.

These are called quotes. Try to find a famous quote by the artist, write it below, and then write about

what you think they are trying to teach us by their quote.

When Pablo Picasso says, “Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows

up.” maybe he means that we all create art freely as children, not worrying about our mistakes, but as

we grow up we become more focused on what other people will think about the things we create and

judge us, and that might be why some people stop drawing or making art as they get older.

The quote I found was said by: ________________________________________

The quote is, "______________________________________________________

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I think it means: ____________________________________________________

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Optional Extension: Try to do a drawing that illustrates this quote, and then put

the quote inside the drawing somewhere creative. Sketch an idea on the back.


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If Picasso Went To The Zoo: Compare and Contrast

The images in the book were created by art teachers and are not the work of the famous artists. The

teachers tried to emulate the artist, which means to make art in the way the famous artist might.

Though all the teachers did a good job, nobody is perfect. Look at examples of the artist's real work and

then at the teacher's illustration. What did they do right? What things might they have missed?

The famous artist being emulated was: _________________________________

It is on page: ___ and the animal was a _________________________________

What made it look like the art of the famous artist?

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What was not something the famous artist would have done?

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If Picasso Went To The Zoo: Endangered Animals

The book has a code that lets you know if an animal is thriving, threatened, endangered, or extinct.

Zoos all over the world help save animals from extinction. Sadly though, some animals are gone from

the wild and only exist in zoos. Some day we hope these animals can be returned to the wild, but for

now zoos help keep them alive. List all the wild animals you can think of that might be in a zoo. Find out

if they are thriving, threatened, endangered, or extinct.

1. _____________: _____________ 11. _____________: _____________

2. _____________: _____________ 12. _____________: _____________

3. _____________: _____________ 13. _____________: _____________

4. _____________: _____________ 14. _____________: _____________

5. _____________: _____________ 15. _____________: _____________

6. _____________: _____________ 16. _____________: _____________

7. _____________: _____________ 17. _____________: _____________

8. _____________: _____________ 18. _____________: _____________

9. _____________: _____________ 19. _____________: _____________

10. _____________: _____________ 20._____________: _____________

What can you create to bring attention to the issue of endangered animals? *

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*Create a sketch for an idea on the back of this paper.


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If Picasso Went To The Zoo: Endangered Animals 2

The book has a code that lets you know if an animal is thriving, threatened, endangered, or extinct.

Some animals, like egrets have subspecies. Just like dogs, there can be many kinds like Poodles,

Labradors, or Dalmatians. Find animals that have more than one leaf, and explore what subspecies face

the highest risk or are extinct.

Animal: __________________________________ Page _____

What are the different subspecies and their designation (like threatened, endangered, extinct...)

______________________: ___________________________________________

______________________: ___________________________________________

______________________: ___________________________________________

______________________: ___________________________________________

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Find out a little bit more about one of them. What threatens the animal?

If it's extinct, when did it happen and why? What should we know about them?

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*Sketch what it may have looked like on the back of this paper.


Name ___________________________________ pd ______

If Picasso Went To The Zoo: Creative Writing

Many of the illustrations in the book look like they could be part of a larger story. Pick one page

from the book, and write the short story that should go with it. You do not have to rhyme like

we did, just make up your own story that includes that animal, or the artist, or both.

I choose _________________________ on page ____

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____________________________________________________ ...continue on the back or another paper if you need more space.

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