Josey’s Art School
Presents
Art with the Masters Series
By
Robin Norgren, M.A.
This Lesson: Matisse “Vase of Amaryllis”
Discussion
· In 1889 Henri came down with appendicitis. During his recovery his mother got him some art supplies for something to do. He fell in love with painting and art. He decided he wanted to become an artist.
· Henri began to explore painting. His mother encouraged him not to follow the normal rules of art, but to try out new things and to paint his emotions.
· Matisse painted his first masterpiece in 1897. It was called The Dinner Table. He continued to paint being influenced by artists such as van Gogh and Cezanne.
SOURCE: https://www.ducksters.com/biography/artists/henri_matisse.php
Materials needed
Pencil (to write the child’s name on the back of the work)
8.5x11 or 9x12 white cardstock/precut poster board – something with a bit more stability to it than copy paper in order to withstand the amount of paint and glue your students will be using. You will need enough for each participant to use as the base for his/her artwork
Paintbrushes and water bowls
Oil Pastels or Crayons (at least one white crayon/pastel)
Pens
Watercolor paint
Aprons
Length of Time/Duration of project:
30 minutes
Prep work:
- Gather the materials
- For younger students, you may want to draw dotted lines that break the page into 4 quadrants.
This should take no more than 20-30 minutes
Instructions
1. Take your piece of white paper that you are using as the base for the project and write the child’s name on the back of the paper or let them write their names on their own.
2. (For older students) draw dotted lines that break the page into 4 quadrants.
3. Using the dotted lines as your guide, draw one side of the vase in whatever shape you like in the left-hand side of the quadrants. Then mirror the shape you created on the right-hand side of the quadrants.
4. Draw an oval shape around the vase.
5.
Create
a design on the vase.
6. Add fruit to the plate.
7. Using oil pastels or crayons, draw 2or 3 styles of flowers with stems coming from the top of the vase.
8. Color in the fruit.
9. With white crayon/oil pastel and one other color draw patterns in each of the 4 quadrants: lines, x’s, polka dots are some ideas.
10. Finish filling the page with color using watercolor paint. Outline pencil marks with pen if desired.
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