Wassily Kandinsky Inspired Circle Bouquets

Wassily Kandinsky was a Russian painter & art theorist. Many of Kandinsky’s paintings can be viewed as a perfect exercise in abstract painting. He focused all his attention on aspects such as colors & masses & their relative position on the canvas which determine the composition. Kandinsky’s paintings used color to show emotions rather than painting an object to look real. He believed each color has its own language & soul. Introducing young children to Kandinsky’s abstract artwork encourages them to see that art is created in many ways. 

After reading stories about Kandinsky throughout the week to get ready for our upcoming Art Auction this week, looking at the actual image of his art, we invited the children to create their own collaborative renditions of his art through multilayer art process.

1. We invited the children to explore print making through this process. We provided pre-cut circles, tempera paint, & muffin baking pans. The children were invited to paint the bottom of the pan with paint, then place the circles on top, press, & peel back the print. Some of the larger circles were hand painted freely.

2. After the circles dried, we glued them small to medium to large & taped them onto craft sticks.

3. Provided fast drying air dry clay to mold into different shapes of vases. Then poked the craft sticks into the vases.

And voila! The most beautiful bouquets created by tiny artists.