Kindergarten Art

We continued the work on the Matisse inspired paper collages this week adding small details using black paper. I often talk to the students about how colors can talk to each other in art and how visually the color black is the strongest voice. It helps the students begin to understand composition and balance in their work and is the beginning stages of purposeful and careful work in art. When the students were pleased with their composition and felt they had completed their work, they began to build a 3-dimensional Matisse inspired collage. This project carries through the visual guidelines of color balance and introduces new art terms including 2-dimensional, 3-dimensional, form and scale. Kindergarten students also love to build with paper! I enjoyed seeing both pieces hanging together and hope you will stop by and view the work outside their classrooms.