Teaching Packet Art Tales: Henri Matisse Part of Art Tales for Pre-K Henri Matisse was always fascinated by colors. He spent many years painting with a paintbrush. But as he got older, he tried a new kind of art: the paper cut-out! To try something new, he took brightly painted papers, cut them into shapes, and arranged them in designs. Matisse called this “painting with scissors.” Henri Matisse, Beasts of the Sea , 1950, gouache on paper, cut and pasted on white paper, mounted on canvas, Ailsa