Becoming Matisse

Open Scholastic Art: Henri Matisse: Working with Color to pages 4-5. Use the article to answer the questions on the next page in your sketchbook: 
1. Did Matisse like art as a child?
2. What did Matisse study to become?
3. What event caused Matisse to change his feelings about art?
4. How did Matisse start out painting at The French Academy?
5. What new way of painting was Matisse first inspired by that caused him to break the "rules" of painting at The French Academy? 
6. What does "fauves" mean in English?
7. Which art element did fauves experiment with most?
8. What is an "arbitrary" color?
9. How would Matisse define the word "portrait?"
10. Identify two ways in which Matisse created art on is own?