Wassily Kandinsky

5th Grade Fall 2014

KandinksyMoscow, Russia – 1866

Loved music as a childPlayed the piano

and celloGraduated and

became a teacherLeft teaching to

study art at 30Abstract paintings

Abstractart that does not attempt to represent

external, recognizable reality but seeks to achieve its effect using shapes, forms, colors, and textures

Which are

abstract?

When I listen to music, I see colors.

Listen to music and draw what you hear.Let the music create an emotion in you.

Show that emotion on your paper using the elements.Line, shape,color, texture,value, space,and form.

LoudSoftElectricCountryRockRapLowHighGirl

GuyJazzClassicalPopRepetitiveVarietyLike Dislike

Music Mark Making

Project Guidelines

Sketchbook covers12x18” paper- fold in halfListen to musicUse pencil to draw lines and shapes on the

front coverFill areas with crayonUse watercolor paint to complete the coverUse markers to outline/highlight certain areas

on cover