Decoupage
(Drawing with scissors)
• French artist
• French artist
• Once wanted to be a lawyer
• French artist
• Once wanted to be a lawyer
• Born in 1869 and died in 1954
(85 years old)
• French artist
• Once wanted to be a lawyer
• Born in 1869 and died in 1954
(85 years old)
• He was sick a lot during his life and enjoyed painting from his
bedroom
• French artist
• Once wanted to be a lawyer
• Born in 1869 and died in 1954
(85 years old)
• He was sick a lot during his life and enjoyed painting from his
bedroom
• Matisse was called a “Fauvist” because French people thought
he painted like “fauves” (the French word for wild beasts)
• French artist
• Once wanted to be a lawyer
• Born in 1869 and died in 1954
(85 years old)
• He was sick a lot during his life and enjoyed painting from his
bedroom
• Matisse was called a “Fauvist” because French people thought
he painted like “fauves” (the French word for wild beasts)
• Created art for over 60 years and is considered one of the
most successful French artists
• French artist
• Once wanted to be a lawyer
• Born in 1869 and died in 1954
(85 years old)
• He was sick a lot during his life and enjoyed painting from his
bedroom
• Matisse was called a “Fauvist” because French people thought
he painted like “fauves” (the French word for wild beasts)
• Created art for over 60 years and is considered one of the
most successful French artists
• He got married and had three children
• French artist
• Once wanted to be a lawyer
• Born in 1869 and died in 1954
(85 years old)
• He was sick a lot during his life and enjoyed painting from his
bedroom
• Matisse was called a “Fauvist” because French people thought
he painted like “fauves” (the French word for wild beasts)
• Created art for over 60 years and is considered one of the
most successful French artists
• He got married and had three children
• Worked on decoupage during the later part of his life when he
was confined to a wheel chair
What do you see?
What do you see?
Shapes!
• Notice the shapes are a
mix between geometric
(squares, rectangles,
circles) and organic
(anything curvy or free
form)
What do you see?
Colors!
• Notice all of the different
colors – some bright and
some dark
What do you see?
Colors!
• Notice all of the different
colors – some bright and
some dark
What colors appear to be
brighter and which ones
appear to fade into the
background?
What do you see?
Design
• Notice how Matisse has
arranged items on the
paper in an interesting
way and taken up the
whole space
Collage
• See how he has used lots
of shapes glued onto a
surface to make a bigger
picture
The process of cutting paper
out and gluing it to another
surface to create a design is
called
Decoupage!
Check out the name of this piece –
why do you think Matisse called it
that?
Check out the name of this piece –
why do you think Matisse called it
that?
What different shapes do you see?
Check out the name of this piece –
why do you think Matisse called it
that?
What different shapes do you see?
• Geometric and organic!
Check out the name of this piece –
why do you think Matisse called it
that?
What different shapes do you see?
• Geometric and organic!
What colors do you see?
Check out the name of this piece –
why do you think Matisse called it
that?
What different shapes do you see?
• Geometric and organic!
What colors do you see?
• Bright and dark colors!
Check out the name of this piece –
why do you think Matisse called it
that?
What different shapes do you see?
• Geometric and organic!
What colors do you see?
• Bright and dark colors!
How does this picture make you
feel?
Now it’s time to make your own decoupage piece of
artwork!
Put your name on the
back of your
posterboard!!!!!
Now it’s time to make your own decoupage piece of
artwork!
• Cut out pieces of paper of different colors and
different sizes using the sheets of paper given to you
***Remember to use geometric and organic shapes as
well as bright colors and dark colors!!***
Now it’s time to make your own decoupage piece of
artwork!
• Cut out pieces of paper of different colors and
different sizes using the sheets of paper given to you
• Brush glue on the back of the papers and stick the
paper onto your piece of poster board
Now it’s time to make your own decoupage piece of
artwork!
• Cut out pieces of paper of different colors and
different sizes using the sheets of paper given to you
• Brush glue on the back of the papers and stick the
paper onto your piece of poster board
• Keep applying shapes onto the paper until you have
made a design that covers the entire surface – use
your scraps and odd shapes to make an interesting
design!
Now it’s time to make your own decoupage piece of
artwork!
• Cut out pieces of paper of different colors and
different sizes using the sheets of paper given to you
• Brush glue on the back of the papers and stick the
paper onto your piece of poster board
• Keep applying shapes onto the paper until you have
made a design that covers the entire surface – use
your scraps and odd shapes to make an interesting
design!
• Finally apply a thin coat of glue to the entire picture
and you are done
Now it’s time to make your own decoupage piece of
artwork!
• Cut out pieces of paper of different colors and
different sizes using the sheets of paper given to you
• Brush glue on the back of the papers and stick the
paper onto your piece of poster board
• Keep applying shapes onto the paper until you have
made a design that covers the entire surface – use
your scraps and odd shapes to make an interesting
design!
• Finally apply a thin coat of glue to the entire picture
and you are done
• Let the picture dry and take it home -
Let’s review – today we learned how to use the
art of decoupage with different shapes and
colors to create a collage with an interesting
design!
Let’s review – today we learned how to use the
art of decoupage with different shapes and
colors to create a collage with an interesting
design!
• Decoupage – the process of gluing shapes onto a
surface to create a design
Let’s review – today we learned how to use the
art of decoupage with different shapes and
colors to create a collage with an interesting
design!
• Decoupage – the process of gluing shapes onto a
surface to create a design
• Collage – making a picture with cut out shapes
Let’s review – today we learned how to use the
art of decoupage with different shapes and
colors to create a collage with an interesting
design!
• Decoupage – the process of gluing shapes onto a
surface to create a design
• Collage – making a picture with cut out shapes
• Design – arranging items on the paper in an
interesting way and taking up the whole space
Let’s review – today we learned how to use the
art of decoupage with different shapes and
colors to create a collage with an interesting
design!
• Decoupage – the process of gluing shapes onto a
surface to create a design
• Collage – making a picture with cut out shapes
• Design – arranging items on the paper in an
interesting way and taking up the whole space
• Geometric shapes (squares, rectangles, circles) and
organic shapes (anything curvy or free form)
Discussion Questions:
• What would be the name of your project?
• Did you like creating art this way?
• How is your project like Henri Matisse’s pictures? How
is it different?
• What was your favorite part of this process?
• What’s the artists name again?
• What’s the process called again?
• What’s the difference between a geometric shape
and an organic shape?