It's Elementary, Watson....I mean Elemental, Kandinsky!

Lines, Dots, Shapes....switch seats....lines, dots, shapes....switch seats....lines, dots, shapes....switch seats!

We had a great time today looking at artwork by Wassily  Kandinsky, learning about his journey into the art world, and his love of classical music.  After being introduced to this abstract artist the students got to listen to the classical music of Debussy while they started these over-sized masterpieces.  I was a little hesitant at first to try this type of cooperative work because some of my students are perfectionists....but try it we did and it was wonderful.   Each student started with a large white paper and had to paint small lines, shapes and dots.....but when "time" was called they had to move to the next "canvas" and repeat the process on their neighbors paper.  We rotated around the table until they were back to their original paper.  They were so excited to see how their artwork had evolved into fun, playful pieces and then they spent the remaining time adding more!  Look for an update next week as we add the element of color into our designs.