One day at lunch, we read Henri’s Scissors by Jeanette Winter.
It tells the story of the artist, Matisse’s life. The children learned how later in life Matisse made art by painting, then cutting shapes from the paper. He then arranged the shapes into a composition and glued them on to another piece of paper.
Inspired by this process, the children wanted to make their own art this way.
The Morahs provided the children with two different painting opportunities.
First they painted with red, yellow, and orange watercolors using droppers.
Next the children made paintings with bright blue, purple, and teal acrylic paint.
Once dry, the children traced and cut Matisse-like shapes out of the paintings.
They glued the shapes into their own compositions on brightly colored construction paper.
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