This painting, Cat Eating a Bird, was created by Pablo Picasso in both the style of cubism and surrealism. The main subject is the monster-like cat hunched over a bleeding bird, and the color scheme used consists of differing shades of blacks, whites, blues, oranges, and reds.
In his painting, Picasso uses line to create movement. This movement can be see in the cat's outlines and multiple stripes, leading us from the head to the bird and the rest of his body. The next element Pablo uses is color to create contrast. This is shown in the body of the mostly orange cat contrasting with the blue color of the sky. Blue and orange are complimentary colors and though diluted and faded the contrast still works nicely. The other element used is shape, and it creates the principle of emphasis. The odd shapes of the cat's eyes and teeth (along with their color, actually) prove to emphasize the cat's face quite well.
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