Today we discussed Henri Matisse.

Book: Henri’s Scissors by Jeanette Winter

This book talks mostly about Matisse late in his life after he lost the ability to paint and found solace cutting painted paper.

Here’s the slide show I created for Matisse:

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For this session our project was making our own paper cutouts.

We used construction paper, scissors, and glue. Super easy and cheap! I purposefully didn’t bring in pencils so the kids would free form their cutting.

Here’s my example:

Art Club finished for the summer! We’re heading down the summer home stretch …