Showing posts with label Matisse. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Matisse. Show all posts
Matisse Watercolor Goldfish Art Project
Art Medium: watercolorGrades: Kg - 12
Ages: 4 - adult
About this project: If you’re in the mood to buy a few goldfish, it’s a wonderful way to set up a still life for this project. Every age student loves to watch these bright fish swim to and fro, and gives one the opportunity to see the shapes of their small bodies and fins. I like to share pictures from the book Matisse Art Activity Pack by Mila Boutan
with my students before getting started. Take note of Matisse’s painting called “The Red Fish”. You may also want to refer to the book Hooray for Fish! by Lucy Cousins.
Materials:
- Gold fish in a bowl, or pictures of fish
- Watercolor paints
- Watercolor brushes of different sizes
- Plastic container for water
- Paper towels
- Watercolor paper
- Pencil and eraser
- Fine tip black permanent marker
Directions:
Part l:
Sketch the picture in pencil
It’s interesting to have the fish swimming in different directions
Begin painting with the lightest colors first
Paint from the background to the foreground
Part II:
When the painting is dry, outline the fish, glass bowl and other objects using a permanent fine tip black marker.
Art Therapy Ideas:
Imagine being the fish… which one do you feel like… the big one or the small one. Imagine what it’s like being under the sea with so much room to swim. Imagine what it’s like being in a small fish bowl. Draw where the fish might like to go if it was freed from the bowl. An art therapy book I highly recommend is: The Gestalt Art Experience by Janie Rhyne.
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Matisse Paper Collage Art Project For Preschool
Art Medium: Paper collage Grade: Kg - 12
Ages: All
About this project: Collages are fun to make at any age. Get a package of colorful paper and you’re on your way. I like to share pictures from the book Matisse Art Activity Pack by Mila Boutan
with my students before getting started. I like to encourage working on a colorful background like the picture above, and then adding a black subject, or working on a black background and having a colorful subject. Materials needed:
- Colorful papers (20cm x 30cm)
- Scissors
- Glue stick
- For adults, a cutting pad and exacto knife
- Pencil and eraser
- A cardboard surface, you decide the size to glue your work onto
- Sketch an idea on a piece of scrap paper
- Decide on a colorful or a black background
- Cut out shapes
- Move all the shapes around until you have a pleasing composition
- Using glue stick, glue down the pieces of paper in place on the cardboard
Art Therapy Ideas Collage is a non-threatening art therapy activity and is easy to do at any age. The design can change many times before gluing the pieces down and deciding on the final picture. It’s also an opportunity to work in layers, and to see what’s under and what’s above. Have your client name the picture, sign and date it. For other art therapy ideas, refer to the book by Marian Lieibmann, Art Therapy for Groups.
It’s one of my favorites.
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