Create easy Matisse masterpieces with kids: organic shapes, painting with scissors and painting techniques for kids.

The artist Henri Matisse worked on paintings, sculptures and collages. These 10 Matisse projects for kids will inspire them to create their own masterpieces!

My goal was for my first grade class to create a symmetrical coniferous tree (a Christmas tree!) and add Marisse-inspired shapes for decoration. I anticipat

What happens when you combine paper cutting Matisse style with cool grade one self-portraits ? An opportunity show off some creativity and have lots of fun! I saw this lesson over at Incredibleart…

Jazz, by Henri Matisse (1947)

Ideas for exploring Fauvism and Henri Matisse - taken from Projects Inspired by 20th Century Art

This is a recent project from 1st grade. We started the lesson by watching several youtube short biography video's and montage clips on Matisse. I love doing these Matisse cutouts, because it challenges them to use their cutting skills. You can really get an idea of the students motor skills and hand-eye coordination. We talked about some of the types of cutouts Matisse did, like the starburst, splash, spirals, zigzags and wavy lines. Students kept both positive and negative cutouts and…

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" In a series of portraits executed between 1907 and 1911 Matisse painstakingly worked out compositional problems in which he experimented with various figure / background relationships. While in several paintings in this group the subject is presented against either a plain background, or a ground simply divided horizontally, thus effectively placing the focus on the sitter, in two of the portraits the background and the figure are visually almost equally weighted and the interplay between…

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Modern Art 4 Kids: Henri Matisse: "Painting with Scissors"

Fourth grade students have been learning about painter Henri Matisse . We took a look at his cut paper collage entitled Beasts of the...

An animated biography of artist Henri Matisse.Hosted by Jet Simon, created by 4Cats Arts Studio.

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Henri Matisse’s Purple Robe with Anemones mixed-media art project for kids. Fifth grade art gallery.