I am taking a break from this blog cos I have been wondering to myself whether I am doing stuff with the boys because I think they will enjoy/learn from it or because it will make great pics for this blog :-s
Wonder if other home ed bloggers agonise over this, or is it just my overactive guilt complex?
Monday 18 October 2010
Monday 4 October 2010
Matisse Week
This last week, the boys have been learning about the artist Henri Matisse. We started by reading "Drawing with Scissors" and also watched an excellent BBC documentary "Modern Masters Matisse". And of course, we got stuck in by doing our own art in the style of Matisse.
The boys made Matisse inspired collages:
(although Gman had trouble grasping the big, bold shapes concept at first!!)
made collaged name panels (an idea from Deep Space Sparkle)
had a go at printing shapes over a collaged background (this idea from the "What's the Big Idea?" book mentioned in this post.
And favourite of all, this wonderful Matisse-inspired dancer collage, another project idea from the excellent Deep Space Sparkle site:
The boys made Matisse inspired collages:
(although Gman had trouble grasping the big, bold shapes concept at first!!)
made collaged name panels (an idea from Deep Space Sparkle)
had a go at printing shapes over a collaged background (this idea from the "What's the Big Idea?" book mentioned in this post.
And favourite of all, this wonderful Matisse-inspired dancer collage, another project idea from the excellent Deep Space Sparkle site:
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