Harmony: Painting with Scissors

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HarmonyPainting with Scissors

• Project 3
• La Mirada High School
• Art 1

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Art Vocabulary

• Simplification
• Composition
• Two Dimensional
• Picture Plane

• Shape
• Color
• Harmony
• Overlap

Homework Copy words and define in sketchbook.
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HARMONY

• A Principle of Design
• Combines elements in a work of art to emphasize
  the similarities of separate but related parts.

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The Horse, The Rider, and The Clown
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Kara Walker

• Works with cut paper silhouettes
• Her characters are drawn from stereotypes that
  engage in taboo acts set in the
• Civil War south

Kara Walker uses both humor and horror in her
work to address cultural issues of race, gender,
and power.
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Untitled 1994/1995 Cutout paper
Cut Paper and adhesive on wall
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"The silhouette was a near perfect solution to a
complex project I set for myself... to try and
uncover the often subtle and uncomfortable ways
racism, and racist and sexist stereotypes
influence and script our everyday lives."Walker
Camptown Ladies 1998 Cut out paper and
adhesive on wall
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Henri Matisse (1869-1954)
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Self portrait, 1906
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The Dinner Table 1897
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Madame Matisse
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It is the simplest and most direct way I can
express myself now
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What do you see? How do you know?
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The Horse, The Rider, and The Clown
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What would you title this?
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Cut paper like cutting into stonelike
painting with cut outs... Matisse
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PROJECT 3PAINTING WITH SCISSORS

• You will be creating an artwork in the style of
  Henri Matisse- using paper cutouts.
• Theme Harmony or Not
• Final project dimensions 11x14
• 10 thumbnails in sketchbook fully colored

COPY IN SKETCHBOOK
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THUMBNAILS
COPY IN SKETCHBOOK

• MUST INCLUDE 10 ORGANIC SHAPES
• 5 GEOMETRIC SHAPES
• FILL ENTIRE PICTURE PLANE
• MUST BE IN COLOR
• (Optional)- Border

Move shapes around until they harmonize- Matisse
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Geometric Shapes
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Born in 1969, Cali
Both artists
Both use paper cut outs