Artist Study: Willem de Kooning

Artist Study: Willem de Kooning

“Light in August”  1947 In a recent museum class I taught – we explored the world of the gray scale and the work of Willem de Kooning.   We looked at several examples of de Kooning's work and identified the values lightest to darkest (the gray...
Wassily Kandinsky Study, Part 2

Wassily Kandinsky Study, Part 2

This is a project that Kelsey Howard created this summer at art camp.  It was amazing and the children loved it.  I had to video tape it and share it with you.  I wanted to bring a Kandinsky project — little did I know that Kelsey had a deep understanding of his...
Wassily Kandinsky Study, Part 1

Wassily Kandinsky Study, Part 1

Kandinsky's Circles is a wonderful inspiration piece.  Here is a super easy art piece for the young child.  It is great tracing and cutting practice. METHOD:  I made three sizes of circle tracers – large, medium and small.  (I used round caps and such to make...