kandinsky’s circles
N was on my lap while i was at the computer yesterday. (typical.) i was doing a google search for a random rug i’m trying to find that’s been out of stock for far too long to find it. [humph.] anyway, kandinsky’s circle painting happened to come up in the search, and N was attracted to it immediately when she saw it. “ooooh, let’s make that!” she said.
wassily kandinsky, colour study: squares with concentric circles
to begin, i used a thick, black sharpie to draw circles onto a piece of thick drawing paper (we we’re out of watercolor paper) and then i gridded them off into boxes. this gave N some framework in which to paint, though it isn’t a necessary step. in hindsight, it would have been awesome to use watersoluble crayons
i offered her pans of watercolors, matte and metallic, just for fun. i showed her how to make concentric circles with the brush, and she was off and running with it on her own. (oooh, six mandalas…)
after she finished the first piece, she wanted to draw her own circles with the sharpie and paint them in, which she did.
this one reminds me of murano glass.
while she was doing that, i drew some concentric circles with the marker on another page. after she finished painting, she said she wanted to color those with crayons.
such lovely bubbles of mixed-media color – she loved our pollock painting, and here’s another masterpiece a la the late greats.
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Lovely circles, good job! Karen
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I am going to try this with my son! He started Kindergarten last week and I am hoping to have something creative for him to do at home (or physical once it cools down a little here) and I think this would have the perfect amount of structure and freedom for that time of day. Sometimes he gets overwhelmed and a little direction is helpful, then he really starts to be creative and do his own thing!
I love that idea! We will try this for sure!
Tricia
My favourite is the free formed one that Novi drew herself. This would look great painted on to fabric and then sewn into something or used unsewn as a scarf or wrap for a doll.
ooh, i love it. looks like N had so much fun creating her masterpiece!
I did this with my kids and they LOVED it! Thanks so much for sharing your ideas, I’m looking foward to doing more of your projects with the kids.
Found this page from a link from Adventures of Bear. Her artwork is just beautiful!!!
I love Kandinsky’s paintings and they are so perfect for inspiring children to create.
What a fantastic, everyone can do it art project! Love it!
love it
I love this. It is such a wonderful idea. My daughter does the same thing – points at things on the computer and asks to make the projects that appeals to her. I haven’t visited you blog before, I really, really like it. Definitely following now.