Pershing 1/2/3 Matisse Veggies

 

 

Pershing's Next Generation Learning Community (1st-3rd graders) were inspired by Henri Matisse in this lesson. We read about the great French artist, Henri Matisse. His first love was painting, but after a difficult surgery, he was confined to a wheelchair and began doing paper cuttings. He called this technique "painting with scissors".

 

Students studied organic and geometric shapes, and built up their background with basic paper shapes. Afterwards, we looked at lots of different vegetables, and cut those shapes from paper as well. We got lots of cutting and glueing practice with this project!

These 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grade artists are proud of their Matisse-inspired veggies!