Retablos to Diego Rivera

Our sixth graders went from retablos to Diego Rivera and Cubism.  We looked at Diego's early work as an artist in Europe during the days of Cubism.  Still life's and observational drawing were our focus, along with how to use a split complementary color scheme.  When we do these I like to set up several still life's and allow the children to choose one that works for them.  This also helps to not have to grade 60 versions of the same drawing.