Free-Form Collages

Collecting our papers.

We read about the famous artist Henri Matisse. He created amazing artwork. When he was older and no longer able to stand at an easel to paint, he cut out shapes and made collages. Matisse called this "drawing with scissors." We cut out free-form shapes and created our own collages inspired by Henri Matisse. After we started our collages, we stopped and took a gallery walk to see what everyone had been up to. It was neat to hear the compliments that were shared and the ideas that we took back to our work. We think our collages look fantastic.

Lots of artists and Room 2 like to stand while they create.

"Drawing with scissors" and planning our pieces. 

Taking a gallery walk to see the work in progress. 

Back to work.

Here are our thoughts:
I like drawing with scissors. He used to paint, but when he got older he just cut out stuff. -Jake
I enjoyed cutting out shapes. -Gavin
I enjoyed placing the coloured paper onto our sheet and cutting them out. -Anna
I liked to cut out the shapes. It was fun to make shapes and put them on the paper. -Cady
I liked when the shapes were done. I loved the picture I made because the shapes were really good. -Bapreet
You just make random shapes and you don't have to draw to make them. You can close your eyes and cut. -Brady
I loved when we cut out the paper. I glued the shapes on the paper anyway I wanted. -Landyn
I had fun working with scissors. I learned that Henri Matisse can draw without using pencil or crayon or marker. -Levi
I had fun learning how to draw with scissors. I made some neat shapes. Naomi
I learned that Henri Matisse was an artist and as he got older he drew with scissors. -Sierra
I learner that Henri Matisse did not give up on making pictures. -Zachary
I liked cutting shapes. -Jay Dee
I learned that he made pictures with paint and then he drew with scissors. -Eliza

Here are our collages!

Free Form Shapes

We are learning about Shape in art class. Today we made free form shapes using curved lines and straight lines. There were many creative shapes made by using our imagination. These shapes will be used to make our cutout collages next week.

Here are our thoughts:
The shapes are fun to make. -Saydee
I like the colours of my shapes. -Brianna
Some of my shapes look like animals and they are cool. -Diamond
I like cutting out the shapes. -Andrew
Cutting is fun. -Hunter
I like how you can make any kind of shape. -Kyla
I'm like an artist. -Kody
Blue and red were my favourite colours to make my shapes. -Kayden
I like how my shapes are all different. -Shelby
It was cool because lots of different kinds of shapes were made. Rylee
I liked being able to cut paper into shapes. -Reese
I liked how we could make any shapes we wanted. -Xoie
We are becoming artists by making all kinds of shapes. -Isla

I can't wait to see how our collages turn out.
-Mrs. T :)