Matisse Windows

Today we spent some time looking over our Cezanne still life pieces and adding some finishing touches.

We then started our next project...
Henri Matisse: Room with a View We learned about the wonderful use

of color and detail Matisse uses in his paintings.



We discovered that he set up his room to create a beautiful work of art, and many of these works of art included views of windows.

We started by creating a watercolor painting of a view out our window.
Next week, we will be inspired by Matisse to create: depth, line design, pattern and color in the room.

watercolor windows in progress

We had fun learning about Matisse through this interactive website that you might enjoy at home:
http://www.artbma.org/flash/f_conekids.swf