CREATE YOUR OWN MATISSE

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Remember this cool creation from Matisse—“The Snail“? A Surrealist dream and such a catchy art work which can only bring happiness and smiles along. Don‘t worry if you might have fallen in love with some of the paintings in the previous chapters. We cannot have them all, especially not the originals, but we can surely try our best to create our own copy cat version of it. Not only to decorate our homes and add some dreamy, surrealist touches to our four walls, but as we know, painting art is healing. Who is ready to

cr eate their own special Matisse painting? Let‘s bring the snails to our homes!

We are working in a square format for the snail creation, so prepare any paper or cardboard in your preferred size. Just focus on the same length on each four sides. How about 40cm x40cm?

Now we‘ve got two options to get started

1paint this with a brush with the help of water or acrylic paint

cover yourself with colorful cardboard and let‘s craft, cut-out style, like Matisse

2

No matter how you start, prepare a beige base on your square.

Now start painting by starting with the orange frame with the sharp edges. Make sure to feel dreamy as Matisse was and don‘t paint too perfect! Unperfect lines are the rule here! Paint figure after figure in all the colorful shades. Play around and also use your favorite color if you can‘t find it in this painting.

When crafting, selet your sheets of paper or cratfing paper, and tear them along for the orange frame. Glue them on the square and while this can easily dry, sketch the figures on your paper, cut them out, and then finally glue them on your square as well. Below, you can find the shapes to copy them easier on your own paper!