Artist Exploration / Being An Artist
After exploring the artists below, take out your colorful art supplies and revisit the Dot exercise from Day 1. Can you create more dots and circles? Can you take up the entire page with color?
Artist Study! - Wassily Kandinsky
Wassily Kandinsky was a a Russian painter, born in 1866. He lived much of his life in Germany and France because his style of painting was not appreciated in Russia. One of his most well-known paintings is this one below titled: Squares with Concentric Circles, painted in 1913.
Another artist who created an artwork with colorful circles!
Other paintings created by Kandinsky...
What do you think of these artworks?
How did Kandinsky use color in his paintings?
How did he use line?
What about shapes and forms?
What sort of feelings do you have when you look at Kandinsky's works?
Watch this fun story of Mati and Dada meeting Kandinsky!
