First Grade Matisse Flower Painting

First grade has been working tirelessly to create beautiful flower paintings inspired by the artist, Henri Matisse.We discussed “The Purple Robe and Anemones”, painted in 1937, and used it’s vibrant colors and content to inspire the vases and flowers the students painted.

We began by drawing a vase, the table, the flowers, and the wallpaper sections.

After the entire picture was outlined in black marker, we spent a day painting in areas with solid color.

The next day we discussed the wallpaper and simple geometric designs-not symbols. Students completed their paintings by filling in their wallpaper using only one color per color sections.

The final touch was outlining the entire painting with black tempera paint to clean up rough edges produced in the painting process.