# Bezier Curves and Picasso

DevFeed: [Bezier Curves and Picasso](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/bezier-curves-and-picasso-40317.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.jeremykun.com/2013/05/11/bezier-curves-and-picasso/>)

Published: 2013-05-11T00:32:05Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Jeremy Kun](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/jeremy-kun.md>)

Topics: [math](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/math.md>), [Algorithms](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/algorithms.md>), [Picasso](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/picasso.md>), [JavaScript](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/javascript.md>)

Tags: [algorithm](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/algorithm.md>), [art](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/art.md>), [bezier-curves](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bezier-curves.md>), [de-casteljau](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/de-casteljau.md>), [graphics](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/graphics.md>), [interactive](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/interactive.md>), [javascript](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/javascript.md>), [math](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/math.md>), [painting](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/painting.md>), [picasso](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/picasso.md>), [polynomials](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/polynomials.md>), [programming](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/programming.md>), [svg](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/svg.md>)

## AI overview

This tutorial explains Bezier curves through the mathematical ideas behind parameterized curves, then presents a simple algorithm and JavaScript implementation for drawing them. It applies the method to recreate one of Pablo Picasso's line drawings as a sequence of Bezier curves.

## Source excerpt

Pablo Picasso Simplicity and the Artist Some of my favorite of Pablo Picasso's works are his line drawings. He did a number of them about animals: an owl, a camel, a butterfly, etc. This piece called "Dog" is on my wall: Dachshund-Picasso-Sketch (Jump to interactive demo where we recreate "Dog" using the math in this post) These paintings are extremely simple but somehow strike the viewer as deeply profound. They give the impression of being quite simple to design and draw.