Second grade artists have been learning about Henri Matisse and his beautiful cut paper collages. They created their own cut paper collage in the style of his “Beasts of the Sea” piece. They quickly became experts at cutting spirals and finding the beauty in their positive and negative cut shapes. Matisse – Beasts of [...]
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Georgetown fourth grade artists are finishing up a big Kandinsky project this week. The project is stunning, and we can’t wait to hang these in the hallway! After looking at Kandinsky’s Several Circles No. 323 and discussing abstract art, we got started. Several Circles No. 323 We began by thinking about texture and color [...]
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Third grade artists have been learning about Henri Matisse this week. They discovered that Matisse “drew with his scissors” as he made his cut paper collages. They were intrigued to learn about the way Matisse created an eye-path for the viewer to follow in his “Beasts of the Sea” collage – and now we are [...]
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