Good Morning Primary 3! I have another drama lesson for you this week. It’s based on the book ‘When Pigasso met Mootise’ by Nina Laden. It is a story about friendship and touches on the different styles of art work by Picasso and Matisse.

Watch the story here and then try out some of the drama activities below. I would love to see some pictures of you taking part! Tag me on twitter @cara_aikman

https://www.storylineonline.net/books/when-pigasso-met-mootisse/

Drama Activities 

• Freeze Frame (remember this is a still picture – you can’t move or talk!) Pigasso painting and then the other pigs who roll in the mud. Show how different they are!
• Freeze Frame Mootise Painting and then other bulls being a bull fighter. Show how different they are!
• Show Pigasso and Mootisse’s angry faces when they are sick of being in a ‘tired pig pen’ and ‘sick of crowded cow town’
• What would the conversation between Pigasso and Mootisse have been like when they first met? What would they talk about? Would they like each other?  With the help of someone at home pretend to have this conversation between Pigasso and Mootisse (decide which character you each want to be). Remember to use your voice, whole body and facial expressions. 
• Show what Pigasso and Mootisse looked like when they realised they missed eachother (think about their faces, bodies and voices).  What would they have said to eachother?
• Pigasso and Mootise find it very funny when they see eachother’s paintings on the  fence – show their reactions (think about their faces, bodies and voices)

Art Work

After you have taken part in the drama activities you could look at some of the art work of the artists and discuss. Remember there are no right or wrong answers!

Here is one of Picasso’s paintings. It is called ‘Maya with Doll’. 

You could talk about

• the faces on the girl and the doll
• the hands on the girls and the doll
• the colours you can see
• the shapes you can see
• anything else that you notice?

Here is a painting by Matisse. It is called ‘Woman with a hat’. 

You could talk about

• what do you think is on her hat?
• the colours you can see
• what does her face tell you about how she is feeling?
• anything else you notice?