What was your inspiration? What led you to make your artistic decision(s)? What are your overall feelings towards cubism?

Cubism, as innovated by artists like Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque, “combined a large range of viewpoints,” placing an emphasis on the geometry of a subject and showing it from multiple perspectives. The result is a fractured image across the canvas . For your second artistic expression exercise, you will create a self-portrait in the cubist style.

Instructions:
This assignment features two components.

Portrait – Complete a Cubist-style self-portrait! You may use paints, color crayons or pencils, pastels, etc. It must be completed on an 8 1/2″ x 11″ piece of paper. Submit a picture of your self-portrait, along with a picture of yourself — the subject.
Essay – Having completed your self-portrait, write a 500 word essay about your process. What was your inspiration? What led you to make your artistic decision(s)? What are your overall feelings towards cubism?