Painting with Kandinsky

This is one of my classes that was part of my Painting with the Masters series this summer.

Kandisnsky

My cute friend working on her Kandinsky Painting.

First I had the students create a grid.  Then inside each square draw three to four circles working from small to large.

 Then the students started with the smallest circle filling with color, mixing colors as they went.  The students ranged in age from five to thirteen.  I thought this would keep them busy.  Well we all know that children love to mix colors.  They were done way faster than I planned.  ha ha ...joke  on me.  We played art games for the rest of the class.  

A detail of one of my youngest students.  I love the freedom of brush strokes he had.  That is what inspires me so with children art.  Their ability to paint with no inhibitions.

Summer Classes

Summer Classes at The Walker Museum

Painting with the Masters

Class 1- Picasso.

The top painting is the Picasso print I brought to class to show the students.  The painting on the top left is by a 12 year old student and the painting on the bottom right is by a 6 year old student.  I had the students paint the canvas a color, then draw our still life with black.  The students then filled in the shapes and spaces with flattened color and designs.  

The class is 2 hours and all the students really enjoyed painting their version of a Picasso.  My demo painting is below.