Campers 2-3 years old
This session we entered into the world of Henri Matisse. The toddlers enjoyed hearing about Matisse as a small boy growing up and searching for beauty and color in his dreary, gray town in France.
We looked at some examples of Matisse’s artwork, and closely examined Matisse’s leaves. The kids noticed they looked like hearts and enjoyed the swirly patterns the veins made.
We headed outside to compare Matisse’s leaves to the ones that grow around our playgroud. The kids collected leaves from the ground and explored the different textures of leaves on the trees and in our garden. They compared different sizes and shapes and even found some natural swirly designs growing in our garden boxes.
They used all of this as their inspiration as they painted their own heart shaped leaves with green tempera paint, and added “swirling” vein designs with a black marker.
This session we entered into the world of Henri Matisse. The toddlers enjoyed hearing about Matisse as a small boy growing up and searching for beauty and color in his dreary, gray town in France.
We looked at some examples of Matisse’s artwork, and closely examined Matisse’s leaves. The kids noticed they looked like hearts and enjoyed the swirly patterns the veins made.
We headed outside to compare Matisse’s leaves to the ones that grow around our playgroud. The kids collected leaves from the ground and explored the different textures of leaves on the trees and in our garden. They compared different sizes and shapes and even found some natural swirly designs growing in our garden boxes.
They used all of this as their inspiration as they painted their own heart shaped leaves with green tempera paint, and added “swirling” vein designs with a black marker.