Make a Collage With Fauvism Art Style
Fauvism (from the French word meaning "the wild beast") is based on a wild, anti-naturalist use of color. This movement was popular in the early 20th century, especially in France from 1900 to 1910. Famous "fauves" like Henri Matisse would, for example, paint a woman's nose green or a horse bright blue. Making a collage in the Fauvist style is a good way to let your "inner beast" out onto the page.
Instructions
1. Choose a subject to represent, even if the end result is an abstract image. You can choose a person, animal, object, a room or a landscape. If you are most comfortable working from reality or from a photo, you can do so, or you can choose something from your imagination.
2. Quickly sketch your subject with pencil on paper, breaking it down into block forms. Fauvism is wild and spontaneous, so don't be too worried about making a "good drawing"--the most important thing is to try to see the big blocks of color in your subject.
3. Assign colors to the different parts of the drawing. Fauvism's most notable trait was the wild use of color, so be expressive. You are not obliged to completely disregard realist color; you may use wild colors just for certain elements. Write the first letter of the color in the block, such as "R" for red.
4. Cut or tear your sheets of colored paper to make colored pieces to fit the blocks. Put these pieces on top of the corresponding outlined block on your white sheet.
5. One by one, glue the colored blocks of paper onto the white sheet.
