Wassily Kandinsky
Wassily Kandinsky was an influential Russian painter as well as art theorist. He is credited with painting the first purely abstract works. The students studied his life and works while focusing on his love of painting and music. We discussed his famous work, Squares with Concentric Circles, 1913 in detail. While listening to music, the students made their own concentric circles using oil pastels. Learning how to blend colors using white and black pastels was difficult, but the students enjoyed the process. I used these two websites in teaching this project: Wassily Kandinsky and Art With Mati & Dada/ Kandinsky.
The students used cups and circle templates to make various circle sizes. This was optional. Some students wanted to freehand their circles while listening to the rhythm of our "thinking music".
The students worked on newsprint, so the tables wouldn't get so messy.
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Several students wanted to use a guard sheet so they wouldn't smudge the oil pastels unnecessarily.
The students used their fingers to blend colors together within each circles. They also added white and black oil pastels to add color variation.
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"Corn"dinsky Corn Ears
The third grade students studied Kandinsky before the Thanksgiving holidays. I used the lesson plan below to guide the process.
Resources:
Wassily Kandinsky-Color Study. Squares with Concentric Circles
This lesson came from Art with Mr. E: "Corn"dinsky Corn Ears.
Wassily Kandinsky-Color Study. Squares with Concentric Circles
This lesson came from Art with Mr. E: "Corn"dinsky Corn Ears.