Matisse’s Mountain Ash

An experiment! Outside my bedroom window there is a beautiful mountain ash tree. This is gouache, painted on paper and the shapes cut out. It is how my favourite artist Matisse made paintings in his later life. Including my favourite, The Snail. It is also a very soothing technique which gives a fun and retro looking result. It is important to paint the paper rather than using coloured paper so you get the texture and the interesting colours. I plan more of these.