Drawing Lesson - Wassily Kandinsky

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Description
This art project was inspired by Wassily Kandinsky. He was an abstract artist who could hear hums and sounds within colors. Ms. Schumacher and I taught this drawing lesson to our class. We first taught them about Kandinsky, his life, and his artwork. Then we got to be artists! The first thing we did was draw three geometric and three organic shapes. Then we had to draw one line from one end of the paper to the other. After that was done, we drew two patterns using oil pastels, one in a geometric shape, and one in an organic shape. Once the whole class had drawn these items, it was time to paint. During the presentation earlier, we discussed how Kandinsky heard music in colors. As the students were painting, we played a Disney mashup for them to listen to. They had to listen to the music and paint with the color they felt while hearing that certain snippet of music. This allowed them to be creative and use several different colors, shapes, and patterns. Just like Kandinsky! 

Extension Activity

An extension activity for this lesson would be to listen to the book written about Kandinsky and his experiences with hearing music and sounds within colors. This book is full of adjectives and I think could be used to practice with them. While listening to the book, they could write down adjectives that they heard were used to either describe Wassily or to describe the way he heard colors. 

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