Introduction
For this session, participants created a page after the paper cut outs by Henri Matisse. Some examples are shown below. For more information on Matisse visit:http://www.henri-matisse.net/cut_outs.html
Examples
Two Masks (The Tomato), 1947
White Alga on Orange and Red Background, 1947
The Fall of Icarus, 1943
The Clown, 1943
Featured Artwork
Aishan Shi, MSII
Tanner Heckle, MSII
Homework
BUILD YOUR OWN BUSY BOX OF CREATIVE AND FRUGALÂ SUPPLIES FOR ART JOURNALING
1. An old toothbrush (for splatter painting) 2. Corrugated cardboard coffee sleeves (stamping) 3. Tissue paper from shoe boxes (mixed media painting and collage) 4. Discarded sheet music 5. Used tea bags 6. Bubble wrap (stamping and printing) 7. Plastic bottle and jar lids (To use as stamps and mini paint or water containers) 8. Bottle caps (preferably smashed)
9. Raffle tickets 10. Shiny candy wrappers 11. Parts of old and unwanted clothing (Buttons, pieces of the fabric, ribbons or ties, zippers, pockets…) 12. Newspapers printed in a language or alphabet other than one’s own 13. Wrapping paper 14. Old books 15. Needle and thread. (A little stitching adds line, texture, and the hand of the artist.) 16. What else can you add to this list?