Matisse Mash-ups

Kevin, Grade 3



Gianna, Grade 3



Keshawn, Grade 3

Wendy, Grade 3

Jakyla, Grade 3

The second and third graders have been comparing geometric and organic shapes.  They found both in the work of famous Fauvist painter Henri Matisse.  They compared his cut paper compositions to Picasso's cubist paintings, and learned about their friendship and rivalry.  They played with a website from the Baltimore Museum of Art https://www.artbma.org/flash/F_conekids.swf that allowed them to hear about the artist and to begin to piece together various patterns in his paintings to build his compositions.  This helped as they began to build their own Matisse masterpiece.  They drew symmetrical fishbowls and stools, and organic shapes resembling fish in motion.  They created an abstract background collage with geometric and organic shapes, and experimented with balance and contrast as they arranged the pieces.  They look so colorful in the classroom!