Everyone is an Artist

Picasso said, 

"Every Child is an artist".

Why stop there. Keep going, don't let that feeling go. 

Remember the days when you didn't care what people thought about your art?

Go back to that. 

There are different avenues of art. 

Picasso was a master artist at a very young age.

See..

Picasso at 15 painted this...

https://www.pablo-ruiz-picasso.net/work-11.php

One of Picasso's lasts paintings in 1971

https://www.pablopicasso.org/final-years.jsp

This is proof that you don't have to fit a mold of perfection. Perfection is boring. 

Have fun, like Picasso. He was a big kid. His are was fun. He was experimental. 

Or be like Jackson Pollock! He had fun with splatter paint. 

He used the colors to show his emotions. He used gravity and force to control his drops. 

He was having fun and being expressive. 

SO should you. 

The end of Picasso's quite goes like this... 

"The Problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up."

Solution, DON"T GROW UP! 

Create like a kid, or at least when it's time to create, go back to the ideas you had when you were a kid. Go into your "art zone", escape the world, be free to do it your way. 

Henri Matisse Blue Willow Still Life

Pictures below are original Henri Matisse still life paintings using flowers and blue willow pattern. 

 This is not the first time I have been inspired by Blue Willow pottery or Henri Matisse. 

Matisse Lesson

https://tabithaannthelostsock.blogspot.com/2019/01/cupcakes-with-matisse.html

https://tabithaannthelostsock.blogspot.com/2014/04/matisse-inspired-lessons.html

Blue Willow lesson

 http://tabithaannthelostsock.blogspot.com/2017/01/chinese-flower-vase.html

http://tabithaannthelostsock.blogspot.com/2018/03/blue-willow-plates.html

I'm not the only one that is inspired by him either... 

Here is another great artist that is inspired by Matisse. 

Her name is 

Lara Meintjes

See her work here..

https://www.saatchiart.com/Larameintjes

3D Wiggly Fish

2023

Emilia & Anden 

Addison 

Shaylee T. 

Olivia 

Bell G. 

Find paper.

Fold into a square. 

Make right side and top edge perfectly aligned. 

Then crease down. 

 Trace the bottom of that fold (what was the top) along where it is now. 

Open and cut off extra piece. Do NOT throw it away! It will be used for fin and tail. 

 After extra is cut off, lay in front of you like a diamond with point toward you and away from you. 

FOld right and left top edges into meet the middle fold and crease (like a paper airplane). 

 Trance the new folds. The area here in the middle is the top of your fish that you will see. 

T His it he best time to decorate it before you cut it up. 

Draw designs or dots or you can even skip this step. 

 The part on the right will be your fish's head. I drew gills on the sides of it. 

 Use some scrap white paper to make 2 round pieces for your eyes. 

Make a black pupil with a shine in it. glue down. 

CUTTING SPINE

 Fold fish in half and lay it down. This is the hard part. 

 You will be cutting finger width lines starting right after where the head meets the body. 

Do not start directly where the head meets the body or else your head will get cut off. 

make your lines go parallel to the line where the head meets the body. 

Drawing these lines first may be helpful. 

 Cut on the lines stopping at where i drew the orange line. Do not go past this line. 

 After you cut the lines, open the fish body back up. 

Apply glue to only one side of the triangular side. 

(see note)

 Fold other triangular piec inward an on top of glue. Hold for about 30 seconds. 

Use a dot, not alot! 

Get this GLUE CONTROL POSTER here.

Grab that extra piece I told you not to throw away. 

Lay it under the mouth of the fish. Make a mark of how wide the mouth is. 

It is better to make the mark slightly smaller. 

Cut a curved piece out the same width as the mouth. 

 

 Apply a think line of glue to the straight edge of this paper. 

 Glue it inside the mouth of the fish. 

 Take the rest of that scrap paper and draw a tail and 2 fins 

(a little longer than you think, I failed to do this.). 

glue the fins and tail on.

IF you did not follow my steps, this will help you tons! 

Sunshine Rainbow

 Mrs. Walker's 1st grade class

Alba Golden ISD 2019

Lucy in  Kindergarten

Kinder 

 1st grade

Perfect for K-2nd graders

This is a great explanation for 3-5th graders

The image below inspired me to try this. 

I cannot find out where it came from ! 

Origins are "facebook". 

Help, if you know who first posted this, please let me know. 

SOOOO CUTE!

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/140596819603817221/