Matisse inspired collages

Grade 3 is learning a bit about Matisse and some of his pieces of work.  Part of the discussion was how Matisse would repeat shapes throughout his works as well as overlapped to create interesting pieces.  We discussed geometric shapes and polygons.  The first day of this project is spent cutting out geometric shapes, arranging them and then applying to surface.  Day two will be a discussion on organic shapes.  In the end, the students will have a beautiful paper collage!  Take a look at a few in progress.