Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Squares with Concentric Circles

Step One

Last week I brought some good quality watercolour paints for Kyla. I also got a great book out of the library, called Usbourne Art Treasury. It has short biographies of famous artists, a sample of their work, and an activity to recreate that work. Tonight she picked out Wassily Kandinsky's 'Squares with Concentric Circles'.



First she made the different rings using pastels.

I couldn't find my palatte, so I ended up using an empty ice tray.

Water Colours

Next it was time to carefully paint each circle with a different watercolour.



And the end result....
~ “Color is the keyboard, the eyes are the harmonies, the soul is the piano with many strings. The artist is the hand that plays, touching one key or another, to cause vibrations in the soul.” - Kandinsky

Beautiful!

kandinsky concentric circles

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