Matisse, Kadinsky, and Carle

Henri Matisse

For this assignment, we used Matisse cutouts for inspiration. Matisse's cutouts are also abstract. Using his work to inspire me, I made this. I painted the background starting with red and faded into yellow. I like the effect it made on the glossy surface. I then cut out pieces of construction paper in different shapes. I tried to make it abstract by layering the objects in unusual ways. I like how i used both curvy and straight lines throughout. I forgot the wings on the bees. :(

Wassily Kadinsky

This was an experiment with watercolors. I did squares of geometric shapes like Kadinsky does. I do not like watercolor as much as tempera paint, but it was fun painting with it.

Eric Carle

This bird was inspired by Eric Carle. I painted a lot of different pieces of tissue paper different colors. Then, I cut them out and clued them onto a sheet where I had the bird drawn. I covered it in modpodge, cut the entire bird out, and pasted it on a blue sheet of paper. I added the leaves with different shades of painted green tissue paper. I added them because it looked plain without them. I outlined the bird in black to complete it. I like how it worked out because it is colorful and pretty. :)