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Earlier last week, fellow Rockin' Arts Mom Kristen from Art History Mom shared a really neat way to introduce young children to the artwork of Henri Matisse. I was so intrigued by her post that I did a shortened version of her lesson with my 2 1/2 year old son. Wow. I was so pleasantly surprised at how Chuck responded. He loved looking at the artwork, counting the figures, and finding different colors and shapes. Since Matisse's collages are so colorful and graphic looking, we then tried making our own Matisse inspired artwork at home. Kids Make Matisse Inspired Collages (This post contains affiliate links. Thank you for your support.) Aren't they beautiful? Now little did I know, Kristen (from Art History Mom) also had a similar idea in mind. She ended up making these lovely Playdough and Construction Paper Collages with her son. I think that using play dough to make collages is such a cool idea, so definitely check out her activity too! Materials Needed to Make Matisse Inspired Collages Construction Paper Scissors (Adult and Kid-friendly scissors) Glue (Glue Sticks and Elmer's Glue) Let's Make Matisse Inspired Collages! 1. I first did Art History Mom's Henri Matisse Lesson with Chuck. Then, we looked at some of Matisse's other collages online. (Note: If you're a book lover, you could also read one of these Matisse books for Kids.) 2. Then, I explained that we were going to make our own collages just like Matisse. So, we pulled out some construction paper and cut out shapes. I cut out the more complicated ones to resemble some of the shapes found in Matisse's artwork. 3. Then we glued our shapes on. (Chuck said this collage was supposed to be a bumble bee. Can you see the resemblance?) Once our artwork dried, we had some lovely Matisse-inspired artwork of our own. I enjoyed this activity because we got to talk about art, math (counting, shapes, and spatial relations), and colors. Chuck seemed to enjoy the activity because he got to use scissors (which always ups the coolness factor of any project) and glue (which he enjoyed wiping everywhere.) Let me know if you try this activity out with your kids! I think they'll have fun (and learn some things too.) (Side note: I learned about Matisse's personal history too... it was super inspiring.) And if you're looking for other fun ways to make art with your kids, try these three fun activities out! Melted Crayon Art Super Easy Abstract Art Edible Tortilla Art Happy making!

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Just as the Cube Rotation Assignment was designed to get you to see volumes turn in space, a TurnAround is designed to show proportions of a character or object as they rotate in space. This helps you to draw the character consistently and proportionally "on model" in many views. Below are some lecture notes in the hopes that this process will be easier and make the creating a turnaround more fun. As always, begin you character with a gesture. I started with the world's most basic pose in an effort to simplify the information. When turning a character of your own, you really should pose the character in such a way that best describes the personality. I'll post some examples of good turns at the bottom of this...I'll probably get in trouble for doing so, but this is a "lonely" blog right? Again, start with your "G". Then move on and flesh out the figure using "C" and "A". I left off the "T" to keep this quick. Your character should be turned in both a construction phase to show how you draw the character using construction and in a finished phase to show what the character's costume and other details look like. Once you have laid in a complete GCAT drawing in one view, draw out lines the touch key points such as construction shapes, details such as eyes, navels, and other stuff. You will draw to these lines and not past them. Remember these are your character's proportions, drawing shapes etc past these lines will throw off the proportions of the character. The next step would be to draw in the last pose of the turnaround. This pose is actually a key pose. Key poses describe the start and end of action in animation and as this is a five-point turn; the last drawing will be a view from the rear or a view 180 degrees from the front view. Notice how the components of this drawing line up to the lines created from the front view. Yes I did start this with a gesture but because it's such a straight pose, I left out that step. Go on the the next drawing, this pose in the turn should be the breakdown. This pose is drawn after the keys are complete and describe the action between pose to pose. In this case, this particular pose breaks down a 180 degree turn and thus, shows a 90 turn or the side view of the character as it turns from left to right. Because drawing a turnaround between stringent lines will make your stiffen up, be sure you remember the implied gesture of a pose. Do not let yourself leave out the gesture of any step in the process, or else you get this visual vulgarity. I joke about this but I see it all of the time. To prevent the above yuck, remember the implied gesture of your character. The spine of a figure is a natural "S" curve, very easy to see from the side. The neck gently curves back while the thoracic vertebrae sweep carry the ribcage forward. The lumbaric vertebrae change direction and the sweep of the spine ends through the sacrum. The legs have their own natural arcs to counter the curvature of the spine. Keep this in mind to keep your drawings alive. Flesh out this gesture to get a good profile view as shown below. notice also how the arm gently curves back to offset the weight of the trunk. Now it's time to focus on the inbetweens. These are poses between the key and breakdown. In this case it's a 3/4 view of the front. Again get a good gesture first... ...And then flesh it out. Almost done now-you can see where we are heading by now. By applying the steps mentioned you can draw in your 3/4 rear to complete this turn. Note that the amount of perspective incorporated into this is minimal. Assume you are looking through a 75mm to 100mm lens and the horizon line to which everything recedes passes through the center of the figure at about pelvis height. Don't overdo the perspective of you figure our it may blow out the proportions. What about a character, rather than a relatively stiff figure drawing group like the above (this too needs some updating), how do you draw up a turnaround of a non-realistic character? The same method applies to anything that you plan to turnaround. Take this character for example, Shim, a little fellow I drew up for in class assignments This character is a simple bean with gesture at it core. And constructed with simple shapes including mitten hands and wedge feet. Now that we have some hard masses we can plot out the rest of the body positions for the turn. This will be an 8 point turn or one that rotates the character in 360 degrees, some times all that is needed in a turnaround is five poses; Front, 3/4 front, side or profile, 3/4 rear, and rear referred to as a five point turn. The eight point turn is just a little more thorough from a motion stand point. The back gesture is shown next because it would be a key if animated. I would suggest NOT inbetweening your way through a turnaround, stuff can get out of proportion if you do so. Here is an in progress of roughing out the gestures of most of the poses in the turn, this helps to see how the figure will appear to turn and to see where the poses will end up on the page or screen, and also acts to keep the drawings loose and hopefully prevents them from stiffening up. Lay in your construction over the gestures, be sure to line up the corners of the hard masses with the ruled lines as shown above, doing so will make things easy and keep the proportions correct. After a little time you will get a roughed in version of your character. At this stage the character will be cleaned up but I left it ruff as is to better get across the rotation of the construction shapes and how they conform to the gesture(s) of the poses. More to come from here, stay tuned and have fun drawing! Here are some notes from a previous turnaround lecture... Below are some good examples for your perusal. Enjoy! I hope this helps with your turnarounds.

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WHAT YOU GET: An ORIGINAL ART NOUVEAU STYLE POSTER featuring the Motherhood Goddess series. The image is created in a 16 x 24 inch format but can be printed at various sizes. Because of it's high resolution the downloaded size will be 8 x 12. If you need help upsizing the art to 16 x 24 contact me and I will help you. Each art piece is created with a certain aspect ratio in mind. This means you may print the art in sizes corresponding to that ratio. Standard print ratios are: 2:3 = 8 x 12 or 16 x 24 this is the standard size for traditional posters. 3:4 = 6 x 8 , 9 x 12, 18 x 24 I don't use this ratio often but some pieces are this size. 4:5 = 8 x 10, 16 x 20 I do use this ratio often and it is most common for printers. If you desire a custom size let me know I will do all that I can to accomodate you without compromising the quality of the art or image. YOU ARE PURCHASING A DIGITAL PRINT FILE All of the art prints were created in a digital format. They are saved in a PNG (Portable Network Graphic) format. This is a superior file format to the much older JPG file format and PNG was specifically created for digital graphics and there is no loss of data in the file transfer. This is a tech speak for saying you are getting the best quality image available! I care too much about the work I create and the art you will view in your home to give you anything but the best! HOW DO I DOWNLOAD? The art was created in digital format and is available for download after payment is received. No physical item will be shipped to you. Refer to the email sent by Etsy to you notifying you of the purchase and steps to download your art! Your files will be available to download after your payment is processed at http://www.etsy.com/your/purchases. If you check out *as a guest*, your download link will be sent to your e-mail address - check your junk/spam mail for the email from Etsy. HOW DO I PRINT THE IMAGE? 3 Easy Ways to Print: 1) Print from home using your home printer. 2) Upload or take your file to a local print shop such as Staples, Walgreens or Costco. 3) Upload file to an online printing service such as Snapfish, Shutterfly or mpix.com There are many options for printing. I always suggest and hope you will print this image on canvas as it creates a finished piece of art presentation. It is only a modest price increase and the results are very much worth it! Like what you see? Find more awesome items in my shop at https://www.etsy.com/shop/WCVintagePrints This work of art is an orginal created for Wild & Co. by Brett Lindsey and is protected by copyright and is for personal use only. You may not use it for any commercial benefit.

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This is a wee Scottish Landscape Triptych Lino print. This set of three prints represent different elements of my local landscape. Each print is about 4cm X 18cm, on paper that is about 4.5 X 20-21cm The size of this wee print also makes it a perfect bookmark if you are a book addict like me! it is an original signed, limited-edition lino print that has been designed, carved into a piece of lino and printed onto snowdon paper. It will be packaged with a piece of recycled card backing to hopefully prevent bending or damage. Please note that each print is completely individual so speckling/placement/look will differ in each print. Each one is unique All original artwork is copyright Fiona Black and cannot be reproduced without permission. Sale of artwork does not transfer copyright to the buyer.

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