Today 4th Class were learning about the French artist ‘Henri Matisse’. In his old age Matisse was confined to a wheelchair and could no longer paint. He started to make pictures from paper cut outs. He called this technique ‘painting with scissors’! We created our own art using this technique.
![Here we are cutting out our shapes.](http://www.ballylinannationalschool.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/DSCN1074-300x225.jpg)
![We didn't use any pencils or other drawing materials.](http://www.ballylinannationalschool.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/DSCN1078-225x300.jpg)
![This is how it looks now!](http://www.ballylinannationalschool.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/DSCN1081-300x225.jpg)