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MATISSE CUT-OUTS

Subject: Art History
Grade: 4-6
Age: 8-12

Submitted by: Liliane Bohbot, an art educator Montreal.

Objectives:

  • To understand color and composition from an arrangement of color paper cut-outs without a definitive sketch or drawing.

What You Need:

  • paper (different colors)
  • glue
  • scissors

Henri Matisse
Icarus (Jazz), 1947
Cut Paper
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

What You Do:

  1. Introduce Matisse.

  2. Bring some pictures of Matisse and discuss how he worked on decoupage in his later years while he was in a wheelchair and couldn't paint anymore. Matisse explained that those cut-outs were his best work.

  3. Proceed with the workshop by allowing the students to cut out shapes with three different colors of paper.

  4. The idea is to move away from representation and allow a composition from the assortment of pieces of paper.

  5. Leave a little time for clean up and critique.

Recommended Books:

Matisse for Kids
by: Margaret Hyde

Henri Matisse (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists)
by: Mike Venezia

Biography:

Liliane Bohbot is an artist and art educator who is now working in new media. She has always tried to find ways to encourage students to create without the insecurities and self-consciousness associated with art lessons where students compare their work to a picture or an elusive perfect drawing.

© Liliane Bohbot

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