We will do this by creating our own Matisse Cut-Out masterpiece.
Got older kids that want to join in?
This activity caters for a range of ages.
He was one of the leaders spearheading the Fauvist art movement.
This was the 20th centurys first avant-garde art movement.
Though this movement only lasted five year it pioneered a change in thinking about colour.
Colour was not given to use in order that we should imitate nature.
It was given to us so that we can express our emotions.
It was in this time that he had his epiphany.
In overcoming his circumstances in life so you can continue what he loved he began his cut-out technique.
He admitted that making changes to a cutout composition is easier than having to repaint it.
It was to be in honour of the celebrations at the Rockefeller Centre at the end of 1952.
Cut-Outs were artworks made from paper painted in gouache paint and then cut out with scissors.
Matisse would choose the colours of paint and his studio assistants would paint the rolls of paper.
They would then be weighted down so they dried flat.
His smaller pieces he used a spot-gluing technique.
This literally meant he put spots of paint on instead of gluing all the cutout pieces completely down.
He felt this allowed the piece to keep some movement and a three-dimensional feel to his work.
As we mentioned previously, he was confined to a wheelchair toward the end of his life.
Throughout his career he had searched to unite both line and colour in his work.
In his Cut-Outs he finally found the perfect match in uniting these aspects.
A vast amount of his paper cut outs where cut in one fluid line creating a sinuous shape.
These shapes echo his previous genius line figure paintings.
He once said the Cut-Outs was a process of literally cutting directly into colour and drawing with scissors.
Hotel walls he stayed in became canvases.
First time your child is using scissors?
Buy them some blunt childrens scissors that only cut paper.
Get some playdough out and they can practise cutting something soft first.
For small-scale masterpieces
What you will need:
Instructions:
So there you have it.
You should all have VIBRANT, COLOURFUL, EXCITING masterpieces that will brighten your houses.
So the more colourful, the better!
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