Last Hurrah

My last working hurrah for the summer boils down to what you see here. I spent a month at Spudnik Press drawing, redrawing, burning, printing, blasting, burning, and printing until I got to the above print.

  

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Finished Rousseau

Here is a small sampling of the finished Landscape paintings in the style of Henri Rousseau.

When we talked about how to fit all of the animals (and one bug) into the painting we discussed depth and composition. 

Matisse

This lovely lady is simply 'Woman with a hat' from the french painter Henri Matisse. The kids talked about why she looks like that and then created a collaged background from our recycled scraps of paper. On another sheet of paper I asked them to draw a portrait of someone facing slightly off to the side. I asked the children to use crayon to force them to work with their mistakes and trust their ability to draw overall. It worked really well after the murmurs subsided. You can see below madame a couple of the finished products. Some of them look Matisse, some Picasso, and some simply original!

Kindergarten Matisse

This year the Art Institute of Chicago had a major Henri Matisse exhibit and the kindergarten class celebrated by cutting up some paper.