Henri Matisse is a popular artist to teach about in the elementary art classroom. I've seen a lot of Matisse-inspired artwork from other art teachers. His artwork is bright and colorful and lends itself well to teaching about shapes. We read the book Oooh! Matisse
and watched the video Dropping in on Matisse
The students learned about organic shapes and geometric shapes.
They also used their fine motor skills to use shape punchers.
