Using Pablo Picasso’s sketches for Guernica, discuss the artist’s thoughts about recording different stages of the creative process.
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: The ideal answer should include:
1. Picasso understood the value of using drawing to develop complex designs, and his preservation and dating of the studies for his painting substantiates this.
2. In the first drawing for Guernica, Picasso decides on the essence of the overall composition.
3. In the composition study for Guernica, Picasso concentrates on the details of the design by delineating the forms and the arrangement of the subjects in space.
4. The painting suggests that Picasso made slight changes throughout his compositional studies that culminate in his final composition.
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