Second Grade Matisse Collage

Second Graders finished discussing Matisse and his artworks filled with color and shapes.  We also looked at the book When Pigcaso met Mootise, a humerous book which they enjoyed and shares some information about Matisse and his style of work.  I saw this project on another Art teacher's blog and could not wait to try it with second grade!

In this project, students learned about positive and negative space as well as organic and geometric shapes.  Inspired by Matisse, students created their own collages using these four art elements.  They turned out well, each class created such unique pieces!