Henri Matisse ~ Cut Paper Art
“To find joy in the sky, the trees, the flowers… There are always flowers for those who want to see them.”
- Henri Matisse
This weekend my older daughter and I had a little mother/daughter time, which for us often times leads to something artsy (who says art can’t be done on off-school hours?). Recently, we had checked out a book from our library called Over in the Artic, which is illustrated by Jill Dubin. Ms. Dubin uses cut paper art for the illustrations. I was really intrigued by this art, I think it’s beautiful! Using scrap pieces of paper, any kind, you can create beautiful artwork. Here is an example from the book (you can see more at her site):
I remembered that in our Discovering Great Artists: Hands-On Art for Children in the Styles of the Great Masters
Henri Matisse (Getting to Know the World’s Greatest Artists)
Henri Matisse: Drawing with Scissors
So, we pulled out our scrapbook papers (which I hardly ever use for scrapbooking) and visualized in our minds the scenes we wanted to create, and got to work! This was so much fun!
Hannah’s Beginning Work
Mom’s Beginning Work
Continuing to Work
Mom’s Finished Spring Scene
Hannah’s Desert Scene
I remember this post! It’s so satisfying to create with scraps of paper, I think. We did a similar thing with our Matisse study.
[...] true appreciation for cut-paper art. Last year in February my older daughter and I had fun doing a cut-paper art project and also learned about Henri Matisse in the process. If you are not familiar with this form of art [...]