Matisse

I threw items into a pillowcase and the kids took turns pulling something out. I then explained what it had to do with the artist.

example:
 *chopsticks - matisse loved Japanese art. You can see an Asian influence in his art.
   
  *glue- when he got older he would cut shapes, place on paper, and have an assistant glue them  down "collages"
  *see other ideas below.

I showed his picture and the photo of the church he designed. I hung up several of his prints on the board.

They loved this - Then we made our own Masterpieces with cut out shapes. They showed them to the class. We all made comments. We talked about the Purple Robe & asked lots of questions.

TREAT: we ate skittles and M&M's while doing our art project.     Lasted 45 min.