Students will paint faces using bright Matisse colors
Materials:
Face paints
Prints of Matisse paintings
Look at Purple Robe and Woman with Hat by Matisse. See how he used bold strokes of color in her face. Look what Matisse did with wide strokes of paint in the Purple Robe painting. We are going to use the same colors when painting our faces.
Pair up and paint your partner's face with face paints. Use Matisse colors. Wear an art shirt. They may choose to wash the paint off at the end of the period or wear it the rest of the
day (make arrangements with the principal to OK wearing the paint).
Click on the images for the larger version
Henri Matisse - "Femme au Chapeau (Woman with Hat)," (1905) - Oil on canvas - San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco,CA
Henri Matisse - "Purple Robe and Anemones", (1937) Oil on canvas
