A Lesson with Matisse

"Creativity takes courage" ~ Henri Matisse.

Throughout our homeschooling years, our parents sprinkled art throughout our everyday activities. We spent many days on art projects, crafts, activities, read about artists, learned techniques  skills etc. Our parents taught us that art is not a separate activity to be done when Math or English was finished, but was just as important, and should  done alongside with Math, with English, etc. 

Today we thought we would share with you a lesson that we did together on Henri Matisse's Goldfish.

We love Matisse and his art. His paintings and colleges are full of life, colour and expression. 

I (Renee) wrote up this lesson while at University, (hence the rubrics) but you can change, modify and make it work for you and your family. A few years ago Charlotte and John both made their own versions of Matisse's Goldfish, and they are each uniquely beautiful. Actually they still hang on display in our family room. : ) 

So if you are a homeschooling mom, a teacher, a student or just you, take a peek, pull out your materials and have fun.