Matisse Introduction Lesson

Matisse/ Introduction to Myself lesson

Lori Nickerson's Class

2nd graders 9/15/17

Objective: Help the students realize they can be artist. Help them know my line of work and my purpose in being there. Introduce Mona Lisa attention getter.  

Learning Outcomes: The students will know what makes someone an artist. The students will know how matisse worked and be able to make art in a similar manner. The students will understand shapes and the organization of them.

Supplies needed:

Single sheets of paper for each student.

Big different colored butcher paper.

Glue

10-15 min

-First I will introduce myself and my purpose in coming to the classroom

-help them experiment and become artists.

-help them learn while using other means of learning.

- to have fun

-establish guidelines

-Introduce mona lisa

-show picture of mona lisa ask how she is sitting, Introduce call and response. call= mona response= lisa

-Show them a couple of my works of art and introduce what i'm doing as an artist.

10-15 min  Introduce Matisse

• World known artist
• Painter
• Colaged

Things to include or stand out.

-shapes

-bright colors

-interesting layout.

-fills in the space

30 min Demo and Work TIme

-show how to rip different shapes or cut them

- glueing down in an interesting way

- use the whole page.

Have a sheet of paper for each student and sheets of paper they can rip from.

Have them arrange shapes and glue them down on the paper.

10- 15 min Assessment.

-does it have bright colors

-uses shapes

- fills in the space

Have the students look at each others on the the table and talk about how cool they turned out.

Have 2 or 3 students from each table come up and share on their experience.

Clean up

Matisse Works Of Art