Have them guess what the term portrait means and point out that nowadays we all take photographs of people, but that for hundreds and hundreds of years only artists made portraits of people so that others could see what the person looked like. Tell them that although Mary Cassatt was an American, she lived for many years in the same country as Matisse. Ask who remembers the name of that country. Ask the children what they would guess about whether the child is quiet and especially well behaved or energetic and active. Review once more the names of the warm and cool colors.
Activity Make color bouquets.
Procedure Distribute pieces of colored tissue to the children, allowing each one to choose from the colors available. Hold the sheet by the center and twist to make a stem, fanning out the rest to look like a tissue flower. Have the students do the same. Then ask all with warm colors to come forward, then all with cool colors to come forward in order to make two bouquets. Finally, let them mix the colors and observe the different effects of the various mixtures.