Head 1936

This head by Pablo Picasso, which we don't have a date for, but likely dates from his lifetime, is done with pencil on paper. It's got this playful, almost cartoonish quality, right? Picasso's lines are so confident, like he's not even thinking about it. It's all process, just letting the hand do its thing. I'm really drawn to the way he uses these simple horizontal lines to create form. It's like he's building up the head, layer by layer, almost like topography. And then there's that single, curved line for the eye – so minimal, yet so expressive! You can feel the pressure of the pencil on the paper, the texture of the graphite. It's like he's not trying to hide anything, he's letting us see the whole process. It makes me think of Joan Miró, who also had this incredible ability to make something so complex seem so effortless. Art's just a big conversation, right?