National Portrait Gallery

National Portrait Gallery:

I decided to research the National Portrait Gallery because they have a yearly competition for a portrait artist each year called the BP PORTRAIT AWARD. In total I looked at four of the previous winners from the years; 2004, 2014, 2000 & 1999. The 2004 winner was called Stephan Shankland and he painted this image of what he labelled as “The Miracle”. This painting was inspirational to me because of the detail on it and the realism it have. The realistic colours Stephen used shows real skills in my opinion. The next artist I looked at is called Thomas Ganter from winning in 2014. He called his painting “Man with a Plaid Blanket”. This images show they pain and sadness on the man’s face by the use of colours and detail. I think this was a good winner as I believe it has a hidden meaning behind it. I think that is homelessness. Now the next on I looked at was labelled “Two Women in White”. This was created by Victoria Russell as she won the competition in the year 2000. Again the colours used are effective and are showing the lighting very well. Also I think that she has a hidden meaning trying to be seen is obesity. Here is a photo of her painting. Finally the last artist I looked at was called Clive Smith. He painted this and named it “Double Single”. The colours on this painting was very dull, boring and disheartening to be honest. The way he has taken the light and shadows provides the audience with reassurance that this artist has real talent. The hidden meaning behind this image is depression I think. I believe this because the person in the painting looks like he has just lost someone really close to them.        

 

Artist Research

Artist Research:

 

 For this page I chose three artist which are part of an art movement. The three which I chose were Andy Warhol, Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso. Andy Warhol is a pop artist. Matisse is part of the impressionism movement, and Picasso is a cubist artist. I chose to recreate the queen’s Andy Warhol because although it’s not a self-portrait, I focuses on the detail on her features very well and show a nice contrast with colours. Now, I looked at Matisse’s portrait of his wife Marguerite, because again I know it a portrait, he captures the simplicity of her face and again uses a nice variety of colours to shade her skin and background. After I chose Warhol and Matisse, I decided to make a self-portrait for my final piece, which is why have chosen Picasso’s self-portrait to recreate on this page. For all of the images I recreated I use acrylic paints for them. I did this because I love the way the paint makes the images look bold and I felt it was the best way to recreate them the way I did.

 

 

Samples Of Techniques

Photos of me (sample of techniques) #1:  

On this page I have taken 4 images of myself and re-created them in different ways using a range of different media’s. For example; on the cube face, I have used acrylic paint to block in the colours of my face. On the Danger face, I have used acrylic paint again but his time I have only used red. I have also used graphite, charcoal and black pens to show off diverse techniques for shading and tone. Next on the spiral image; this was prepared on a scraffito background. This means that you tape the section of the page you want to use for the background, and then you use oil pastels to colour in the section you have taped. After this you need to mix up black acrylic paint with a little washing up liquid. Once you have done this you just use this mixture to paint over the oil pastels until it’s fully black. Following this, you need to find a scratching tool and begin to scratch your image into the black paint. You will see the colour come though and this acts as our lines. Finally the pinched photo was not one of the best. I have used colour pencils. To make this more experimental I have cut the fact out and in its place I have stuck black paper in its place. I must say that colour pencils are not my strong point.  

           

Photos of me (sample of techniques) #2:

On this page I used four full images of myself and two other images of my eye and mouth to try techniques. Using the zig-zag image of me I have tried two techniques. These are the felt pens technique to create a cartoony look to the image, and coloured pencils to colour in a reflection. I did the reflection part just to fill the negative spaces I had on the background. Next I used the brick image to create another brick image using my face. I did this by taking the image and cutting it up into what looked like bricks. I then glued them on to a yellow paper background and then cut around the image leaving a boarder to help the brick effect taken outcome. The following image I completed was the water effect image. For this image I cut some black paper to fit the size of the image. Then I glued my image over the top in one corner so the image can be move to see my interpretation of my image. To create my reconstruction of myself. I used the same colours as on the photo using coloured pencils because I think they work very well on black paper. The effect the outcome has to the audience is that it looks realistic to the photo. I need to work on my blending skills but other than that I think this image turned out very good. For reflection image I copied around the photo on to card the glued both onto the background so it seems like a reflection. The on the card I painted it white so I had texture to draw onto. When it came to drawing on it using a pencil I thought that the texture wasn’t bad to work on but I think that I could have tried better to capture my features better than I did. The other drawings I did on this page were two drawings of my mouth and my eye. The eye image was drawn and coloured in on black paper, cut out then glued onto he background. The mouth was done in the same way too. For both of these images I use pencil colours to add tint to them.

My samples of Mono-Printing

Mono-Prints:

To create my mono-prints I used 3 different colours of ink; blue, yellow and purple. I used blue for the sample I did of other women from magazines faces. For the first practice sample I did, I chose this image as she has clear feature on her face. The outcome of this practice sample has not been the best as pressed my hands and the paper as I drew around her features so the ink has made blemishes were I didn’t wasn’t the ink to go. So on the second practice sample I tried my best to not press on with my hand but when I looked I had pressed on in small places. For this sample I chose another woman but his time I got the image from a newspaper not a magazine. This one had the features more clear but still with blotches in places. Now comes my samples of myself. These samples are better than my practice ones as they haven’t come out blotchy like the others. The cube faced mono-print has made first with yellow ink. The outcome is very similar to the second practice print I made. It has a few smudges on it around the edges. The features on my faces seem to be very sketchy and don’t have a lot of detail like the second print I made. Now, the last print I made was created using purple ink and I used the shuffle image of myself for this one. The outcome was very effective and by creating practice samples first I finally learnt not to place my hand on the paper at all whist making my features. As I have marked where the horizontal line are as well as my face, I think that this ad to the affect the final outcome gives to the audience. The only thing I would change if I was to re-do this printing technique would be to be more careful when coping my feature as I have rushed it a little and it has made me mark places which didn’t need marking.

Mono-Printing of me



Mono-Printing Sample Practise

 

Mono Printing

 

Mono-print is a process in which one can use a combination of painting and printmaking techniques. It results in a unique image and some effects that cannot be achieved in any other form of art. Mono-print is a spontaneous technique that gives the artist freedom to work with a wide selection of materials such as inks, pencils, crayons, and pastels, and to choose from a variety of methods to transfer images

 

The process produces a single print by using pressure to transfer an image drawn or painted on a plexi glass. The image is created on the plexi glass by inking the plate with a brayer [roller] and then manipulating the ink with various methods. A sheet of paper, often dampened, is placed over the completed image and run through the press by mechanically moving it under rollers. The image then gets transferred onto the paper. Oftentimes, the plate is cleaned, and a second color or image is applied over the first image.

Registration of the paper to the plate is critical in order to line up all the layers. On a newsprint, mark the size of the paper that the artwork will be printed on. Inside these lines, mark the size of the plate in the desired location as it should appear on the paper.

There are two basic methods of working on the plate, the additive and the subtractive. In the additive approach, the image is painted directly on the plate. This is known as working into light filled. In a subtractive approach, the ink is applied all over the plate, and then the image is removed with various tools. This method is also known as working from a dark filled.

 

 

Chine-collé is another technique where another paper is collaged onto the print. The inked plate is placed on the press bed and the collaged paper is placed on the ink. The collaged paper with glue facing up is placed on the plate and the paper is then placed over it and run through the press. This way collaged paper and the ink are applied in one run through the press to achieve different textures.

Frottage is a hand transfer technique in which unique images are created by placing paper over a textured surface and rubbing the paper with a crayon or pencil.

Suminagashi is a Japanese technique of printing over water. The design is created by placing drawing ink over a tray with water. A paper is then put over the water and the design is transferred on to it.

Each mono-print is different and unique and the artist may use one or more techniques to achieve the image that he or she want to create.

 



Portrait Evaluation

I have decided to produce a self-portrait because I didn’t feel comfortable choosing one of my peer’s as I didn’t want them to be disappointed in the outcome. The artists I have looked at were; Pablo Picasso, Andy Warhol & Henri Matisse. I looked at Picasso because he is a very good artist who uses cubism as his main movement. He also is a surrealism artist as well. The painting I have chosen to recreate for Andy Warhol is not a self-portrait but I was more looking at this as a face not just a self-portrait. Matisse’s work I have looked at is also not a self-portrait but I have looked at the simplicity of his work in this piece of art he has created in the honour of his wife. I also looked at 4 other non-famous were chosen from the list of winners from the National Portrait Gallery competition called BP PORTRAIT AWARD. The ones I have chosen are as follows; Stephen Shankland from 2004, Thomas Ganter from 2013, Victoria Russell from 2000 & Clive Smith from 1999. These artists appeal to me as their work is not photo realistic but realistic still. Their pieces of work are as inspiring as they capture real life situation like miracle children, homelessness, obesity & depression. The media’s I have used on my final piece are acrylic paints on white paper, acrylic paints on black paper, collage, felt pens, scrafitto, colour pencils and water colour paints. The drawing on black paper and not just white was also from the observational drawing projects. The black paper seeped through the acrylic paint on my final piece but the affect was good. My moodboards with samples of techniques on them turned out quite well I’d say. I think this as some of the images are really effective but some could be improved. The ones that I like are; scrafitto, danger, underwater, brick and also zig-zag. I like these because they have turned out like I wanted them to. The ones which could have gone better were; reflection, cube & pinched. These didn’t look like I took care in them but I tried my best. I think that the reflection image was too simple, the cube and the pinched image are not realistic at all. As for my final piece I have sectioned my image into 7 parts. Each one I used different media’s. For the bottom section I used water colour paints. I think that the outcome was good but I could have tried to stay in the lines better to make it neater. The second section up was filled in with coloured pencils. This section has a cartoony effect on it but still works with the rest of the image. The next section up from this was painted using acrylics paints on white paper. I tried to blend them together correctly but I believe that I failed at this as they are two totally unrelated colours which are not close with the colour on the photo I was working from at all. If I was to re-do this section I would have used a different media all together; maybe mono printing. The middle section of my self-portrait was created using the scrafitto technique. This technique was learnt from the observational drawing. This technique is when you fill in with block colours of oil pastels then you make a mixture of washing up liquid and black. After the mix is a smooth texture add a thin even layer of the mix over the oil pastels until all the colour has gone. Once dried, you are now able to scratch into the black paint to show the colour through the scratch lines. The fifth  section up was finished using coloured felt tips. This was to create a cartoony affect. This worked ok but could have been blended better using water. The second section down from the top was done using cut up M&S magazines. This worked very well in my opinion as I used the relevant colours as on the photo and u cut them to the shapes they needed to be. I like the collage technique but if I was to change one thing I did on this section it would be use different/ more relevant images rather than a food magazine. Finally the last section at the top of my piece was produced by gluing black paper on to my A2 cartridge paper and then painting on the top to finish off the piece of work. The effect it gave to the piece was very free-lance but the brush strokes are very visible and messy. I have done this on a purpose. This purpose was to imitate my hair and the way the sealing is blurred in the photo. In relevance to my skills improving; I think in some ways yes they have but there are still a few areas which could be improved. For example; my blending acrylic paint skills defiantly need to be developed. Also my cartoony technique could be improved. For this project I know I have had more time than other’s as I had to go on leave to have my son when the project was to be handed in, but in the time I have had this project back I think I have used my time wisely and effectively to generate all the worked needed to be handed to pass. So I will give myself thumbs up for time management as I have finished the projects within 3 weeks of receiving it back. For this time frame we were given I think that I have produced work which are to the best of my ability at the moment within this time frame, for both my final piece and also in both of my moodboards. I think this because they are to; in my opinion, a good standard considering I did most of my work at home. My overall thoughts for this project are that I felt I had no chance to pass this project when we first received it as I hate drawing faces, but now I love what I have produced. The fact is that I lacked confidence in this area of art but now my sureness has grown to the point where I can safely say I believe I have done a pretty good job considering the fact I had drawing faces.

Magna Carta

Magna Carta

 

Magna Carta - 1215

 

 

Magna Carta is one of the most famous documents in the world. Explore its 800-year legacy with unique collection items, newly-commissioned articles by leading experts, videos and animations and a range of teaching resources. School groups can also contribute a clause towards a new Magna Carta for the digital age.

 

What is Magna Carta?

Narrated by Monty Python’s Terry Jones, this animation takes you back to medieval England to explore the tyranny of King John, the frustrations of the barons and the significance of the charter’s original clauses.

800 years of Magna Carta Over the centuries Magna Carta has influenced kings and statesmen, lawyers and lawmakers, prisoners, Chartists and Suffragettes. But how did this old piece of parchment become such a powerful symbol of our rights and freedoms? Narrated by Monty Python’s Terry Jones, this animation explores Magna Carta’s 800 year legacy.

King John and the origins of Magna Carta

Professor David Carpenter and Professor Nicholas Vincent discuss the reign of King John, the grievances of the barons and the circumstances in which Magna Carta was created in 1215.



Professor David Carpenter

King John

 

Why Magna Carta still matters today:

 

Magna Carta is a cornerstone of the individual liberties that we enjoy, and it presents an on going challenge to arbitrary rule. But over time, while not envisaged at the time of its drafting, Magna Carta has for many been seen not only as a foundation of liberty, but also one of democracy. And this broader notion of the wider significance of Magna Carta makes it especially relevant today. It is perhaps easiest to think of Magna Carta in two ways: first, as a document of historical and legal significance; and secondly, as a principle underlying how we live, through equality under the rule of law and through accountability. Magna Carta matters both for what it said in 1215 and, perhaps more significantly now, for what it has come to symbolise. 





Freedom Evaluation

When I received the theme of FREEDOM at the beginning of the project, I was instantly taken by the idea of the quote; "Freedom Is a State Of Mind". So this idea lead me to make an idea of a bird in a cage with an open door  with a bird whom stays in the cage as he still thinks that he's trapped. For my research I started a Pintrest bored called "MFP". This stands for Major Final Project. On this board I pin many images of freedom quotes and images of things that resembles freedom. One I found my initial idea for the project I looked more into one artist in particular; Charlotte Miller, a ceramic artist who specialise in buggies. For the theme of freedom I looked mainly at emotional and physical freedom on a person which can affect them deeply in many ways. I also looked at the metaphor of birds being the freest animal on the planet which is another reason why I chose this as my final idea. For my research we got given 63 (10cmX10cm square) pages to use as a mini sketchbook instead of an A5, A4, A3 or even an A2 sketchbook. For some of my pages I decided to write one quote of freedom on them; on others, I drew freedom pictures on them. Then I stuck all the ones I had used onto an A3 page background. Afterwards; I took the remaining ones and also stuck them onto an A3 page but then drew onto them or even painted onto them and used letter sponges to write on a freedom quote to fill 12 squares. My ceramic artist; Charlotte Miller, has her own website and also offers to do classes so she can tech her skills to others.

Bird Research

Font Research

 

 On my final piece I have been in both the wood workshop and the ceramics workshop. So in the wood workshop I used all kinds of tool and media's during my time in there. Some of the materials were; MDF, glue, Dowling rods and wire. Some of the tool which was used was; a tenon saw, a pillar drill, a cross ended screw driver and cross holed screws etc. In the ceramics workshop I used all different tool compared to the tools in the wood workshop. These tools I used can be found in your ordinary household. For example; a rolling pin, a knife and also a wooden rod. Throughout the project I have used a varied range of media’s and I have applied them in different ways. The main type of media which I most commonly used was acrylic paint. I used this on a few research pages to paint in my drawings. I also used a lot of MDF in my final piece. I chose this material as it is one of the strongest resources I had you use. As for all of my abilities to draw and make 3D models, I believe that I have improved my skills compared to the beginning of the year. I think that my model making skills have developed a great deal more than my drawing skills. My time management abilities have been well tested in this final project as all the way though it seems I have been rushed to finish although I had to do things I have never done before.  These tasks include; writing a project proposal with no practice, do all research by our self’s with no aid, make up our own help question sheet to assist me in writing this evaluation. I believe it was not the best of ideas to make me complete these tasks with no support and no preparation. I think that if I would have had some practice on these tasks beforehand then I think I could have managed my time a whole lot better. If I was asked to re-do this project once again the thing I would have done differently are; take more time with my final idea and also do much more research. In contrast with my initial idea I think that my final piece has changed due to the fact that another student had the same idea and her design worked well with that idea better than mine so I changed the design a little bit. As for the successfulness of the project considering my final piece, I think that I could have presented the piece better and made it clearer to understand. I think my final piece is effective in ways such as; it demonstrates the quote I’m trying to illustrate and also I a good size for all to see. For my annotations I have written information about different birds on that research sheet.  My overall opinion of this project are; could have been more planned out on my part, more time could have been given to ensure a good grade at the end and also, spend more time thinking about what you want to achieve by the end of the project to best for fill the brief of standards I have set myself.       

Vintage- Sketchbook

These are images of my vintage sketchbook.

Art

Biblography

Disney (X4)

Fashion

Invention (X2)

Mind-Map

Movies

Music

Presidents & cover page (28th,29th,&30th)

Science

Events Timeline

Title Page

Toys

Transport

Vintage - Evaluation

Vintage Evaluation

When the project was introduce to us, we were told we could pick any one of these eras; 1920’s, 30’s, 40’s, 50’s or 60’s. As for me; I chose the 1920’s. I picked this one because it was the start of the Jazz era. I think that the 1920’s were full of amazing things which is why I decided that this was my era I was going to look at for this vintage project. 

For my research I looked at a number of aspects from the 1920’s. These include; Inventions, fashion, transport, art, music, literature, science, toys, movies, Disney, a 1920-29 events timeline & 3 of the presidents from 1920’s. The 3 I presidents I looked at were; 28^th, 29^th & 30^th.

Within my era the two main cultural influences are Jazz and art deco. As most people will Jazz became very well known in the 1920’s. There were many different jazz artists which were big in the 20’s but for time management reasons I chose 4 to research in detail for my sketchbook. These are as the following: Fats Waller, Florence Mills, Paul Whiteman & Sara Martin. Fats Waller was and still is a very well-known jazz pianist and singer. Florence Mills, during her active years was a cabaret singer, dancer and comedian; known for her sparkling stage occurrence. Then I studied Paul Whiteman. He was a band leader, a composer, an orchestral director and also a jazz violinist. The last musician I looked at was a woman called, Sara Martin. She was a blues singer. In her time one of the most current of the characteristic blues singers. The other cultural influence of the 1920’s was art deco. This is a style of embellishment that was particularly popular in the 1930s and uses unpretentious shapes and lines and strong colours.  I like art deco very much because it has given the world some amazing and unique things around the world such as; the Chrysler Building. This is the most famous piece of art deco in the world in my opinion.

 Maxfield Parrish, C. Coles Phillips and also William Van Alen were the artist/designers whom which I have selected to study. Parrish was a painter & illustrator who lived through the 1920’s. Some of his work includes; The Knave of Hearts: The King Samples the Tarts, Daybreak & Golden Hour. The Knave of Hearts was finished in 1924 with oil paints as was Daybreak which was completed in 1922. Phillips was an artist and illustrator who died 13^th June 1927. Phillips' works appeared in the 1921 and 1922 publications of the U. S. Naval Academy yearbook, Lucky Bag. The other artist I research was called William Van Alen; was an American architect. He was best known for being the designer of the Chrysler Building in New York City and Former Childs Restaurant in Washington, DC. The art movement that I have studied for this project was surrealism. This is a cultural movement that arose in the early 1920s, and is best recognized for its visual artworks and literatures. An example of surrealism would be Max Ernst, The Elephant Celebes (created in 1921) Tate, in London. Other examples include; a cover of the first issue of La Révolution surréaliste, December 1924 & André Masson, automatic drawing, complete in 1924, placed in the Museum of Modern Art, New York. 

In my sketchbook I have used different media on each page; these are mostly for my backgrounds. The media’s I have used are as follows; tissue paper, parcel paper, newspaper, black painted paper, rainbow painted paper, newspaper print, clear plastic, bubble wrap, duct tape, parcel tape, cut out black paper, yellow painted paper & plain paper. 

On each page I used lots of different materials for effectiveness. For example; on my fashion page it has a newspaper background and the images are a mixture of photographs from the internet showing 1920’s hair styles, & drawn picture on tracing paper which have been painted and outlined. Also on my movies page, I used parcel tape for my background and then for the images I again got them from the internet and stuck them one with glue. The information that’s stuck on with parcel tape was also printed from the internet but for these I coffee stained them to give them a vintage look. Then for the information in the brown envelopes, I wrote my information from the internet on to fabric with a felt pen. For the annotations on each page I chose many ways to display them to the reader. For example on my inventions pages; I wrote on masking tape, I wrote on old paper and made a slot for it to keep it safe. I also took an image from the internet for my bubble gum invention and cut around the shape, and then I cut out some paper, painted it pink and stuck it on the page above the image so that I could flip out to reveal the image. I also used envelopes to place my information in to. Other ways I displayed my annotations were in booklets I handmade and then used sharpies to write on them & correspondingly on mini envelopes. 

For my time management I think that I have managed it well but also could have been better. All in all I should have only has 6 weeks on this project but I believe that I have had about 8. This was due to the fact of me having time off as I had my son when the class began this one so I started late. 

Overall I am both satisfied and not with the outcome of my sketchbook. Yes because I got to do everything in my sketchbook that I wished to get in it, but in equally not as I could be been more consistent with my presentation.         

Time Based Media

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrc1WFibgO0me42xFSaQwBJc3iSd11yn8

Animal Project - Evaluation



                           Animal Project

Personality Sheet                                                                        

Artist Research Sheet

 



3 Animals



My chosen Animal



Final Design



3D Model - left side view



3D Model - front view



3D Model - right side view

During the animal project I have found that I have a good skill of collage myself. So looking at Peter Clark for my artist sheet turned out to be quite easy. I enjoy using this type of media in this way as it can be very precise or very abstract. I especially like Peter Clark for his work, but to be more specific; this work with dogs and dresses, which is why I have looked at them on my artist sheet. I believe that my Peter Clark artist research sheet and profile went very well as I was able to try and recreate his work in the same media and also try other media’s, such as colour pencils and also water colour paints. I found that these types of media worked well but not as well as collage as he had used on them. This was because it was very hard to capture every little detail with not using the exact same materials that Peter Clark has used for his work. The three animals that I have chosen were; an owl, a caterpillar and a chameleon. The reason I chose an owl was because they are nocturnal birds, which means they are only awake during the night and then sleep all day. I am like this most of the time; I never want to get out of bed if it day time but at night I’m always wide awake until all hours. The reason that I have chosen a caterpillar was because they are very slow, lazy, always eating and then take ages to come out of there cocoon. This is very accurate for a description of me to be quite honest. The last animal I chose was a chameleon. This was because they can change their colour in seconds just like I can change moods. For this reason I chose this to be my animal of choice. Also another reason I chose it was because they like to blend in with the background and I am exactly the same. Their eyes are always on the move so they can see predators coming; this also is something that I share with a chameleon. For my final piece I chose to make a 3D model of a chameleon. I decided to do this because I thought that a 3D model would better reflect its feature than a 2D piece would; and I was right. The way I have constructed the model, shows off its topographies very effectively indeed. For this model I used the “cut out and slot together” method of construction to make it 3D. I planned out each type of part on my final design sheet and I also noted all the measurements that the will be in order to be correct and proportional. E.g. there will be two different sized body pieces and there measure up to be (#1) 10cm long and 5cm high; & (#2) will be 13cm long and 8cm high. For these pieces to fit on the model I have to make slots in the main body shape to slide them into. Also on the tail there will be a spilt pin in it so that it is able to move up and down. To be able to attach the tail without it looking too silly, I’m making two of them. Then I will stick them together leaving 2cm’s at the wide end not glued so that it can slip it on the main body. After that I will then, and only then; will the split pin be stick in it for the movement. This idea was carried out and proved to be very successful. I have found that the method that I have used, has shown to be effective and it works to a high standard. I have defiantly improved my model making skills from when I was doing Level 2 in school. This is because I have planned out every step I was going to take before I actually did any model making. This is a good thing to do as then if you make a mistake you know where you have made it and not have to re-do the whole thing again. During this project I think that I have managed my time very well compared to other projects I have done recently; this is because I was able to had the projected in on time, with everything that was required and finished to what I think was a good standard. I do think that with the time we were given that I produced good work within that time fame. So to put that another way, I think that time fame (of 6 weeks max) we were given, compared to the amount of work set was more than enough time to complete all the work to at least a satisfactory standard. My overall thoughts about this project are that I really like it because it made me look more closely as myself and my personality. This was a good thing because now I can use this in maybe other future projects too. I found that I really love to make 3D models and also collage too.  

The Civic

MATISSE

Drawing with Scissors. Late Works 1950-1954

An exhibition of work by the French painter, sculptor and designer Henri Matisse (1869-1954).

The French painter, sculptor and designer Henri Matisse (1869-1954) was one of the 20th century’s most influential artists. His vibrant works are celebrated for their extraordinary richness and luminosity of colour and his spectacular paper cut-outs were his final triumph.

Matisse: Drawing with Scissors, a Hayward Touring exhibition from the Southbank Centre, features 35 posthumous prints of the famous cut-outs that he produced in the last four years of his life, when confined to his bed.

It includes many of his iconic images, such as The Snail and the Blue Nudes. A Hayward Touring exhibition from Southbank Centre, London.

Educational Resources:

Education Pack

Activity Sheet

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