This week, kindergarten students learned about famous artist Wassily Kandinsky. Kandinsky is a Russian painter and is known for his abstract art pieces. I showed the children Kandinsky's painting, Study for Composition II and we discussed the colors we saw and the black lines.
The lines taught are: straight up-and-down, straight side-to-side, dotted, zigzag, bumpy, curvy, and loopy. I told the children today they are transformed into ARTISTS. I heard oohs and saw faces light up with huge smiles. It was a wonderful moment I wish I could've had caught on camera to share with you how excited they were.
To start off the project, the children used black crayon to draw the 7 lines learned. They were able to draw the lines anywhere they wanted on the paper. After painting, the children used liquid watercolor paint and started painting their paper. The children who did not finish will be able to on "extra art day".
When painting, the children learned they need to wipe the brush on the top of the paint cup so paint doesn't drip everywhere. They also needed to watch their brush so it didn't get a "bad hair day". This is when the brush starts getting flat and then gets spiky. When this starts to happen, they are supposed to give the paintbrush "a drink". I told them that when a paintbrush gets too many bad hair days, the brush gets ruined and I have to throw away the paintbrush. The children thought a bad hair day was super funny.
Children also learned how to hold a paintbrush correctly by holding in the middle of the brush-not at the end and not on the silver part. Some children are still trying to hold overhand (pronate grasp) so I've been going around fixing their hold. The lines taught are: straight up-and-down, straight side-to-side, dotted, zigzag, bumpy, curvy, and loopy. I told the children today they are transformed into ARTISTS. I heard oohs and saw faces light up with huge smiles. It was a wonderful moment I wish I could've had caught on camera to share with you how excited they were.
To start off the project, the children used black crayon to draw the 7 lines learned. They were able to draw the lines anywhere they wanted on the paper. After painting, the children used liquid watercolor paint and started painting their paper. The children who did not finish will be able to on "extra art day".
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| Kandinsky |
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| Study for Composition II |
  a bad hair day brush |
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| student art-starting to paint |
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| almost done painting |
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| one finished painting |
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