For our next project, we jumped right into a world of color and shape! Henri Matisse was our muse, and we read Colorful Dreamer to learn about his life and work. Our first collage project was to create a cityscape. We used all kids of fun patterned paper to build skyscrapers, houses, shops, cities, and neighborhoods.
For our next project, each artist was asked to create an "America the Beautiful" collage. We spent time looking at photographs of our incredible country, and talking about all the things that make America special. We looked at Matisse's work again, and were all motivated to create colorful renditions of the USA with lots of overlapping and interesting shapes! Using overlapping to create space and distance is not as easy as it looks. Our Art Club artists worked very hard to grasp this skill, and really improved their understanding of space with this challenge.
These beautiful collages will welcome Veterans to our school for our huge Veteran's Day Celebration. The boards are finished and here they are!!
My holiday interpretation of a Matisse Masterpiece
Our Veteran's Day was a beautiful community celebration. Our artists definitely added to the day by sharing their visions of "America the Beautiful" and their gratitude to our veterans.
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