Wassily Kandinsky and COLOR

Wassily Kandinsky Kandinsky was born in Russia in 1866. He is known to have created one of the first purely abstract works. Besides art, he studied law and economics and later became a professor at the University in Moscow. He then spent time teaching in Germany. During the war he moved to France and spent the rest of his life, finally becoming a French citizen. Kandinsky died in France in 1944.

Kandinsky & Color Kandinsky recalled being fascinated by color as a child. His fascination with color symbolism and psychology continued as he grew. He taught himself various musical instruments. "Color is the keyboard, the eyes are the hammers, the soul is the piano with many strings. The artist is the hand which plays, touching one key or another, to cause vibrations in the soul". -Kandinsky

Let’s start at the beginning… COLOR! Basic Color Wheel

Warm and Cool Tones Mark Rothko paintings

Primary and Secondary Colors

Tertiary colors and fun with mixing colors!

Now it’s your turn! Kandinsky’s Concentric Circles

Tear or cut paper to make Kandinsky style circles or you can…

Paint Kandinsky concentric circles

Oil or Chalk Pastels

Or you can add your own style!