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Henri Matisse | Art Projects for Kids

admin — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 17:07:11 +0000

Our free resource art site, MakingArtFun.com, features the biographies of our major artists, along with a collection of printable resources and lesson ideas that make learning fun!

Need a few ideas to teach your kids about the life and art of French modern artist Henri Matisse. We’ve got ‘em. Start by reading the biography to get acquainted with Henri Matisse, and then click and print these fun and free lesson resources.

Biography
Henri Matisse was born on December 31, 1869 in Le Cateau-Cambresis in Northern France. His parents, Emile Matisse and Heloise Gerars, owned a general store where they sold household goods and seed. Henri was their first son. As a young man, Henri traveled to Paris to study law. In 1889 he returned home to work in a law office as a clerk. It was around this time that he had an attack of appendicitis, which required surgery. To make the long recovery more enjoyable his mother gave him a paint box. It was then, at the age of 21, that Matisse discovered painting and decided to become an artist…

Read more on MakingArtFun.com

Matisse Word Search Worksheet
Try a free printable word search worksheet that is actually designed to help your kids read better.

Henri Matisse Word Search on MakingArtFun.com

Color a Matisse Masterpiece
Print and color a free coloring page of Matisse’s Woman with a Hat (1905).

Woman with a Hat from MakingArtFun.com

Draw a Matisse Masterpiece
Add a drawing project to your lesson plans. This line drawing is easy to recreate, and a great way to get connected to the artist. Don’t worry… it’s easy. Just click, read the directions, and draw.

La Pompadour: Drawing Lesson on MakingArtFun.com

Art Masterpiece Cookie
Try making an art Masterpiece cookie. Art has never been this delicious!

Henri Matisse | Cookie Masterpiece lesson on MakingArtFun.com

Materials
4″ Sugar Cookies
Cookie Frosting
Food Coloring
Popsicle Sticks

Meet the Artist Job Application
This free printable artist worksheet is a fact-based worksheet in the form of a job application that your students can fill out for the artist of your choice. It’s a great alternative the a study guide.

“Meet the Artist” Job Application | Worksheet

Desktop Wallpaper
Download a desktop wallpaper for Henri Matisse’s Woman with a Hat from MakingArtFun.com. Every trip to the compuer will be like a visit to the art museum.

Woman with a Hat Desktop Wallpaper from MakingArtFun.com

Georges Seurat | Free Art Lesson Plans and Resources for Homeschooling

admin — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 22:21:45 +0000

Our free resource art site, MakingArtFun.com, features the biographies of our major artists, along with a collection of printable resources and lesson ideas that make learning fun!

Need a few ideas for an art lesson on French modern artist Georges Seurat? Here’s a guide to few few of our resources, as well as links to one of our favorite educational resource sites – GardenofPraise.com.

Biography
Georges Seurat was born on December 2, 1859 in Paris, France. His father Antoine Chrysostom Seurat was a native to Champagne, and his mother Ernestine Faivre was a Parisian. He also had a brother and a sister, Emile and Marie-Berthe.

“Meet the Artist” Biographies, Worksheets, and Projects

admin — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 00:18:01 +0000

Our free resource art site, MakingArtFun.com, features the biographies of our major artists, along with a collection of printable resources and lesson ideas that make learning fun!

We’ve just added five artist biographies, free printable worksheets and a new art project. We hope you will learn from and enjoy what we have created for you.

Meet the Artist Biographies

Hey Kids, Meet Hieronymus Bosch
Hey Kids, Meet Michangelo
Hey Kids, Meet Wassily Kandinsky
Hey Kids, Meet Paul Klee
Hey Kids, Meet Claude Monet

Printable Meet the Artist Biographies

Hey Kids, Meet Hieronymus Bosch
Hey Kids, Meet Michangelo
Hey Kids, Meet Wassily Kandinsky
Hey Kids, Meet Paul Klee
Hey Kids, Meet Claude Monet

Word Search Worksheets
Build reading skills with our free printable artist word search worksheets. Let your students know how many words there are to find, and then ask them to complete the word search by identifying and circling the keywords found in the biography.

Hieronymus Bosch | Word Search
Michelangelo | Word Search
Wassily Kandinsky | Word Search
Paul Klee | Word Search
Claude Monet | Word Search

Art Project for Kids
Students will be introduced to the art of Renaissance artist Michelangelo, and will recreate an excerpt of his Creation of Adam from the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, and learn about subtractive process sculpting as they carve a goldfish from a bar of Ivory soap.

Michelangelo’s Creation of Adam | Lesson
Goldfish Soap Sculpture (Michelangelo) | Lesson

Have Fun!

“Meet the Artist” Job Application | Free Worksheet

admin — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 09:49:54 +0000

Our free resource art site, MakingArtFun.com, which features the biographies of our major artists, along with a collection of printable resources and lesson ideas, has just created a a new worksheet!

“Meet the Composer” Job Application
We have just added a“Meet the Artist” Job Application – a creative fact-based worksheet. Print this artist job application worksheet and then head to the “Meet the Artist” Biographies to complete the application for the artist of your choice.

Download Meet the Artist” Job Application | Free Worksheet

Meet the Artist | Free Word Search Worksheets

admin — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:00:11 +0000

Our free resource art site, MakingArtFun.com, features the biographies of our major artists, along with a collection of printable resources and lesson ideas that make learning fun!

Our most recent additions to MAF! our collection of free printable word search worksheets for the elementary art classroom of homeschool art student.

Each word search worksheet is not only a great activity for the young art student in their study of a famous artist, but it also builds reading skills. Students must first read and identify the keywords in the artist’s biography, and then search the worksheet for the words/phrases that they felt were important.

Free Word Search Worksheets

Albert Bierstadt | Word Search Worksheet

Alexander Calder | Word Search Worksheet

Mary Cassatt | Word Search Worksheet

Marc Chagall | Word Search Worksheet

Edgar Degas | Word Search Worksheet

Walt Disney | Word Search Worksheet

Albrecht Dürer | Word Search Worksheet

Theodur Seuss Geisel (Dr. Seuss) | Word Search Worksheet

Henri Matisse | Word Search Worksheet

Piet Mondrian | Word Search Worksheet

Grandma Moses | Word Search

Pablo Picasso | Word Search Worksheet

Pierre August Renoir | Word Search Worksheet

Charles M. Schultz | Word Search Worksheet

Georges Seurat | Word Search Worksheet

Jan Vermeer | Word Search Worksheet

Leonardo da Vinci | Word Search Worksheet

This collection of free printable word search worksheets are available for you to print and enjoy in high quality PDF format - the best choice for a clean and crisp copy.