Murals Inspired by Wassily Kandinksy

First and second grade artists learned about Wassily Kandinksy and explored his artwork in several ways. Click here to see more about our work with Kandinksy.  

We worked collaboratively to create these two large murals in the style of Kandinsky's abstract expressionist work.  We used shapes and themes from his paintings and worked with warm colors first, then added cool colors. 

Abstract Paintings inspired by Joan Miro

Third and fourth grade artists learned about Spanish artist Joan Miro.  We looked at examples of his work and identified the types of shapes, lines, colors and textures he used most frequently in his paintings.




Here are paintings made by third and fourth graders.  They worked in layers over several art classes. These paintings are on large paper. 

I should note that students photographed their own artwork using iPads and edited the photos for the best results.  This ties into our "Presenting" National Core Art Standard.

Kindergarten Kandinskys and Lines and Circles

Kindergarten artists looked at the painting "Squares with concentric circles" by Wassily Kadinsky, then created their own circle drawings with oil pastels and liquid watercolor paint.

In an earlier art class, Kindergarten artists explored different types of lines and created line paintings, also using oil pastel and liquid watercolor.  We tried to paint these paintings using the color wheel as our guide.

Since Spring is taking its own sweet time to arrive here, I thought our front hallway could use some bright, colorful artwork to bring in some light and cheer.  

Matisse's Shapes by grades 1&2

First and second graders looked at examples of Henri Matisse's cut paper collages. We compared the organic shapes seen in these collages to the geometric shapes in Paul Klee's Castle and Sun painting. Artists used their scissors to draw organic shapes on colored paper, then they glued the shaped onto string to create hanging shape mobiles.

We also explored the iPad app ArtDoodles, which has a Henri Matisse-inspired collage-maker. Check out some of the collages students made using this fun app!