Non-Objective/Abstract Art
inspired by Wassily Kandinsky
Third Grade Lesson
Students spent the first half
of their first session viewing and discussing the work of "The
Father of Abstract Art". Paige had ordered a portfolio
of Kandinsky's prints and had the students respond to them.
With each print, they discussed Line, Shape, Color and Mood.
She then shared a much larger print of Farbstudie Quadrate.
They went through the same discussion with this. The artists
were then told this was going to be the piece from which we would
get our inspiration.
I then outlined the standards for this project.
Each artist worked on paper 18 x 24 (the largest they had ever
worked). Each artist prepared a grid with the same number of
sections as the Kandinsky (this was not measured - the students
were encouraged to use their eye or devise a non-standard unit of
measurement). Each artist was required to have at least 2
circles represented in each section. The medium used was oil
pastels. An artist could also choose to use watercolor - but
watercolor could not touch watercolor, so a mental plan was
needed. Watercolor was not used until after the oil pastel
coloring was finished.
