Matisse paper sculptures

 Henri Matisse Paper Sculptures

I found this idea on the blog https://www.limerickeducatetogether.com/third-class-artists/ and revised it a bit. 

Taking inspiration from Henri Matisse's paper cut outs students created paper sculptures using construction paper, glue and water and a balloon. 

On day one students cut out organic and swirl shapes from 6" x 6" construction paper rectangles. They needed about 12 pieces to cover their balloons. 

                                         

 

      

On day two students covered their balloons with a glue mixture and their cut papers. Don't let them overlap to much or their papers will become to heavy and pop their balloon. This was really messy but the kids had a great time! It was hard for them to balance them on a cup so they just constructed them on the tables and then laid them on the art shelves to dry. 

                                                         



                                                      

                                                       

They loved the results! 

Pete the Cat kindergarten art lesson

 Pete the Cat kindergarten color mixing lesson 

                                                        
The "Pete the Cat" book series are great books for early childhood readers and the illustrations are bright and engaging. I was looking for a new way to introduce coloring mixing and came up with the idea of "Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes" by Eric Litwin, James Dean and Kimberly Dean. I found clip art of tennis shoes and copied them onto multimedia art paper (make sure you have two shoes going in the opposite direction). We used tempera paint to mix the primary colors into secondary colors. 

On the next art class I provided blue 12" x 18" construction paper, patterns for the head and body, glue, scissors and construction paper crayons to complete the drawing. 

They didn't need to color his head and tail since we used blue paper! I know many art teachers don't like to use patterns in art but these were only ovals and rectangles for them to trace. 

Everyone did a great job!