1. What do you see Get out your folder and sketchbook In your sketchbook write 1 observation about this piece of art Get out your homework so I can check it

2. Matisse  Trained as a lawyer  Became interested in art when her was 21  Experimented with a lot of styles and media  underlying aim to discover "the essential character of things" and to produce an art "of balance, purity, and serenity“  paper cutouts became Matisse's favored exploratory medium

3. Composition  You control where your viewer looks!  Diagonal lines  Rule of thirds  Break the frame the placement or arrangement of visual elements or ingredients in a work of art, as distinct from the subject of a work

4. What are you going to do today  Fill out the personal inventory sheet  Create two unique sketches for your final idea  Use several ideas from your personal inventory  Use colored pencil to color the one you like the best  Pay attention to the composition  Rule of thirds, guide the viewers eyes, break the frame  Make sure you have a background and foreground – layer your ideas

5. “ ” Creativity takes courage Henri Matisse Describe what this quote means and how it relates to what we talked about yesterday Get out your homework so I can check it

6. Before you start -  Start laying out your design  Cut out your pieces  Don’t glue anything down just yet, make sure everything is where you want it to be before you glue them down  You can use tape to temporarily hold pieces where you want them to be, if you need to  Make sure you layer the elements  Make sure you have your name and a few interests  Glue down the pieces  When you’re happy with it, make it permanent! Use the bottled glue  Make sure you don’t go crazy! It will blob out EVERYWHERE! What is your favorite element of your design? Draw it in your sketchbook