(The painting above was created by a first grade student)
Eagles Online Art Gallery
Kindergarten Art:
Reverse-glass Paintings Inspired by Wassily Kandinsky
Through this artwork, we focused on how artists use line and shape. We learned how to describe lines and shapes, realizing that artists put lines together to make shapes and that shapes have different attributes that we can describe as artists! For example, a triangle is made using three straight lines. We also learned that lines can travel in different directions!
As artists, we discovered how we could put line, shape and color together to make art! We learned about the artwork of Wassily Kandinsky, and were inspired by how he used line, shape and color in his reverse-glass paintings. Kandinsky created his reverse-glass paintings by painting on the back of panes of glass. The artwork would then be viewed from the front of the glass pane. We used these artworks as inspiration for our own reverse-glass paintings using sheets of plastic.
We also learned that Wassily Kandinsky was inspired by sound and music! We learned that we, too, could get ideas for our art from music! We experimented with creating art while listening to different kinds of music. Our lines and shapes changed depending on whether the music was soft or loud, fast or slow, exciting or calm.
Reverse-glass Paintings Inspired by Wassily Kandinsky
Through this artwork, we focused on how artists use line and shape. We learned how to describe lines and shapes, realizing that artists put lines together to make shapes and that shapes have different attributes that we can describe as artists! For example, a triangle is made using three straight lines. We also learned that lines can travel in different directions!
As artists, we discovered how we could put line, shape and color together to make art! We learned about the artwork of Wassily Kandinsky, and were inspired by how he used line, shape and color in his reverse-glass paintings. Kandinsky created his reverse-glass paintings by painting on the back of panes of glass. The artwork would then be viewed from the front of the glass pane. We used these artworks as inspiration for our own reverse-glass paintings using sheets of plastic.
We also learned that Wassily Kandinsky was inspired by sound and music! We learned that we, too, could get ideas for our art from music! We experimented with creating art while listening to different kinds of music. Our lines and shapes changed depending on whether the music was soft or loud, fast or slow, exciting or calm.
Continue to talk with your child about the artwork they bring home, engaging them in conversation about their creations.
- Try to comment on the elements used in the artwork (colors, kinds of lines and shapes, textures), or the way a tool was used.
- Ask your child to describe the process or the medium (artist’s material) that they used to create the artwork. What did they like about the process or medium?
- Ask your child how the artwork makes them feel or describe to them how it makes you feel.
- Use the artwork as a spring-board for an imaginary story. Add to the story yourself and encourage your child to add to it as well.