Cubism was an art movement that revolutionized European painting and sculpture in the early 20th century. The essence of Cubism is that instead of viewing subjects from a single, fixed angle, the artist breaks them up into a variety of areas, so that several different aspects of the subject can be seen simultaneously.

Cubism began in 1906 with two artists, Georges Braque (French) and Pablo Picasso (Spanish) who were living in Paris, France. They were both innovative artists in search of new ways to express space and form in painting. The two worked together closely until World War I broke out in 1914.

Grade 7 students studied the characteristics of Cubism by looking at examples of Pablo Picasso, Paul Cezanne and Georges Braque.

The project began by creating a drawing from a still life set up with Ukuleles. To get the effect of Cubism, lines were drawn across the paper, first to break up the space with the ukuleles shown from different vantage points. The drawings were then turned into paintings using a limited color pallet, which is one of the characteristics of a Cubism painting.