Kandinsky Project
January 18, 2012
Georgetown fourth grade artists are finishing up a big Kandinsky project this week. The project is stunning, and we can’t wait to hang these in the hallway!
After looking at Kandinsky’s Several Circles No. 323 and discussing abstract art, we got started.
Several Circles No. 323
We began by thinking about texture and color as we created our background.
texture background
Next came tempera paint in rainbow order, with a little white thrown in for playing with tints.
painting – rainbow order
We traced circles and painted over our marker lines with black tempera paint.
tracing circles and painting with tempera
Then – more color, this time thinking about warm and cool colors as we painted the circles.
One more look at Kandinsky’s circle painting and a big discussion about eye path and leading the viewer through the artwork by using shape and color….and finally, cutting our circles, carefully placing them on the background, and gluing the circles down. The results….stunning.
Assembling Kandinsky project 
Finished pieces!
This project was inspired by “Brooke’s Quilt #3″ …. check it out, it is lovely!
Entry Filed under: News from Mrs. Brouwer. Posted in News from Mrs. Brouwer Tags: abstract art, circles, Eye Path, Fourth Grade Projects, Kandinsky, rainbow order, Several Circles No. 323, tempera paint, texture.
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Great project! Will definitely be putting this on the to-do list.
Thank you – you will enjoy it!
Love this project, but I don’t understand why you created a textured background, only to completely cover it with tempera paint…. Am I missing something?
Well….there was a little learning curve on that one! The colored texture helped the kids keep the rainbow order straight when they painted, and it was SUPPOSED to show through the tempera paint to give the painting some added dimension. It does show through somewhat when you look closely…but not as well as I had hoped. I would probably skip that step next time, although the kids really enjoyed creating the texture, and it was a helpful guide for them as they painted.
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