For my fourth blog I wanted to use a piece of artwork by Pablo Picasso. This is called 'The Old Guitarist' and was painted in 1903. I really like Picasso's paintings because they are unusual, but eye catching. I feel like maybe he sees everything differently or has a big imagination, and it's hard to understand what the meaning of his art is at first. This was painted after his friend committed suicide. In a lot of his art Picasso represents people who are poor, miserable, and outcasts. I can tell by looking at this picture that the man in it is probably poor because of how skinny he is, and miserable. Even just looking at it makes me feel sad, it brings out a lot of emotions. I think the colors contribute to the sadness of it too, it is very dark and blue with no bright or 'happy' colors.
